Refer to the Figure

question 28

Essay

Refer to the figure.
Figure 2
Suppose you are studying an ecological community on a mountain. The mountain has a high summit and a gradual slope. Temperatures are warm at the base of the mountain, and become increasingly cooler towards the summit, as shown in Figure 2.Answer the following questions:
a) What is the temperature difference between the base of the mountain and the summit?
b) Suppose average temperatures increase 2°C. Add a line to the graph in Figure 2 (this will be referred to as Figure 3) to indicate the new temperature at each elevation.
c) Suppose a tree species thrives between 13°C and 17°C. At what elevation would you expect to find the tree under normal temperatures? At what elevation would you expect to find the tree following the 2°C warming?
d) How do you expect the range size of the tree to change due to the change in temperature? Why?

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Thrust Fault

A type of fault in which one rock stratum is pushed up and over another due to compressional forces.

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