GreenGrl » vegetation http://greengrl.org Taking Care of Mother Earth Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:56:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 How does vegetation affect the climate of the Amazon Basin? http://greengrl.org/how-does-vegetation-affect-the-climate-of-the-amazon-basin/ http://greengrl.org/how-does-vegetation-affect-the-climate-of-the-amazon-basin/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:54:54 +0000 admin http://greengrl.org/how-does-vegetation-affect-the-climate-of-the-amazon-basin/ Question: How does vegetation affect the climate of the Amazon Basin?
How does the vegetation affect the climate of the Amazon Basin?

Answer:

Answer by cauliflower
Vegetation has many effects on climate. Transpiration is a major process in the Amazon basin. Transpiration is the process of a plant releasing water vapor into the atmosphere. Vegetation also allows the soil to hold water. The two of these effects help offset the dry season. Vegetation also prevents soil erosion, and keeps nutrients in the soil, without vegetation, the soil would be more infertile than it already is.

]]> http://greengrl.org/how-does-vegetation-affect-the-climate-of-the-amazon-basin/feed/ 1 In terms of climate and vegetation, list at least three ways Earth was different during the time of the dinos? http://greengrl.org/in-terms-of-climate-and-vegetation-list-at-least-three-ways-earth-was-different-during-the-time-of-the-dinos/ http://greengrl.org/in-terms-of-climate-and-vegetation-list-at-least-three-ways-earth-was-different-during-the-time-of-the-dinos/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 14:55:45 +0000 admin http://greengrl.org/in-terms-of-climate-and-vegetation-list-at-least-three-ways-earth-was-different-during-the-time-of-the-dinos/ Question: In terms of climate and vegetation, list at least three ways Earth was different during the time of the dinos?
In terms of climate and vegetation, list at least three ways Earth was different during the time of the dinosaurs, compared to the present

Answer:

Answer by David W
1. Globally much warmer.
2. Flowering plants make their first appearance and flourish.
3. Ocean currents are dramatically different due to drastically different continent arrangement. Ocean currents contribute to climate.

]]> http://greengrl.org/in-terms-of-climate-and-vegetation-list-at-least-three-ways-earth-was-different-during-the-time-of-the-dinos/feed/ 1 Please Help: Ecology Question? http://greengrl.org/please-help-ecology-question/ http://greengrl.org/please-help-ecology-question/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:30:45 +0000 admin http://greengrl.org/please-help-ecology-question/ 1- Contrast a temperate forest with a boreal forest in terms of abiotic factors and what kinds of vegetation and animals are found in either.

2- If you had to control invasive species, how would you do it?
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Please Help me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

]]> http://greengrl.org/please-help-ecology-question/feed/ 1 Questions on ecology? http://greengrl.org/questions-on-ecology/ http://greengrl.org/questions-on-ecology/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:29:14 +0000 admin http://greengrl.org/questions-on-ecology/ 1) In Which community would organisms mostly likely have evolved to respond to different photoperiods?
a. coral reef
b. savanna
c. temperate forest
d. abyssal

2) Moving along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients, you’ll find the same sequence of biomes. There are equivalent changes along the gradient in which of the following except
a. temperature
b. humidity
c. vegetation
d. day length

3) Which would be most helpful in solving the world’s environmental problems?
a. increased agricultural productivity
b. increased life expectancy
c. more food from the oceans
d. decreased human birth rates
I don’t think it’s a or b but i’m not sure.

Last question: The pattern of dispersion for a certain species of kelp is clumped. The pattern for a species of snail living on the kelp would be…
a. absolute
b. clumped
c. homogenous
d. uniform
I think it’s d but I’m not sure.

Thanks

]]> http://greengrl.org/questions-on-ecology/feed/ 1 How would green roofs and green walls help houses and other buildings? http://greengrl.org/how-would-green-roofs-and-green-walls-help-houses-and-other-buildings/ http://greengrl.org/how-would-green-roofs-and-green-walls-help-houses-and-other-buildings/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:07 +0000 admin http://greengrl.org/how-would-green-roofs-and-green-walls-help-houses-and-other-buildings/ Are they great for any type of building?When I meant green roofs and green walls, I meant filled with vegetation.
Do not answer the question if you simply don’t know, please.

]]> http://greengrl.org/how-would-green-roofs-and-green-walls-help-houses-and-other-buildings/feed/ 3 Do anyone know if there is a registered foliar or cut stump poison to get rid of Pyracantha angustifolia? http://greengrl.org/do-anyone-know-if-there-is-a-registered-foliar-or-cut-stump-poison-to-get-rid-of-pyracantha-angustifolia/ http://greengrl.org/do-anyone-know-if-there-is-a-registered-foliar-or-cut-stump-poison-to-get-rid-of-pyracantha-angustifolia/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:29:36 +0000 admin http://greengrl.org/do-anyone-know-if-there-is-a-registered-foliar-or-cut-stump-poison-to-get-rid-of-pyracantha-angustifolia/ we have serious problem with this alien invader tree here in South Africa esp. mountain tributiries, its a serious threat to our local vegetation because it has no natural enemies here. What can one do to get rid of it? I’m only interested in poisons that would not be harmful to the environment/ecology.

]]> http://greengrl.org/do-anyone-know-if-there-is-a-registered-foliar-or-cut-stump-poison-to-get-rid-of-pyracantha-angustifolia/feed/ 2 What was the geography and climate like in the Middle East during the time of Jesus? http://greengrl.org/what-was-the-geography-and-climate-like-in-the-middle-east-during-the-time-of-jesus/ http://greengrl.org/what-was-the-geography-and-climate-like-in-the-middle-east-during-the-time-of-jesus/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:17:16 +0000 admin http://greengrl.org/what-was-the-geography-and-climate-like-in-the-middle-east-during-the-time-of-jesus/ What was the geography and climate like in the Middle East during the time of Jesus? Did there use to be alot of vegetation?

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