CUSTOM BIOLOGY
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Author: Urry
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Chapter 52, Problem 4TYU
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Biosphere can be defined as the part of earth where organisms live. It comprises living and nonliving components.
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Ch. 52.1 - Explain how the sun's unequal heating of Earth's...Ch. 52.1 - What are some of the differences in microclimate...Ch. 52.1 - WHAT IF? Changes in Earth's climate at the end of...Ch. 52.1 - MAKE CONNECTIONS Focusing just on the effects of...Ch. 52.2 - Based on the climograph in Figure 52.10, what...Ch. 52.2 - Using Figure 52.12, identify the natural biome in...Ch. 52.2 - WHAT IF? If global warming increases average...Ch. 52.3 - Why are phytoplankton, and not benthic algae or...Ch. 52.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 52.3 - MAKE CONNECTIONS As noted in Figure 52.15, the...
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