chapter 3 - ecosystems

Changes in air pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind over a long period of time is...

• weather

• climate

Changes in air pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind over a short time is...

• weather

• climate

The clothes that you wear on a given day are determined by your areas...

• weather

• climate

If Fort Collins consistently experiences above average temperatures and rainfall for the next 25 years, that would represent a change in...

• weather

• climate

Over the last decade we have had an increase in the amount of rain in our area.

• weather

• climate

The high temperature today will be near 75 degrees F.

• weather

• climate

I hear Australia is warm all year round! Let's go to Australia for vacation!

• weather

• climate

The non living parts of an ecosystem

• abiotic factors
• biotic factors
• oxygen
• soil

An abiotic part of an ecosystem; required by plants to perform photosynthesis.

• water
• soil
• sunlight
• oxygen

The place where an organism lives that provides it with shelter, food and water.

• ecosystem
• population
• community
• habitat