Ecology and Climate

NC Essential Standards

EEn.2.6 Analyze patterns of global climate change over time.
- EEn.2.6.1 Differentiate between weather and climate.
- EEn.2.6.2 Explain changes in global climate due to natural processes.
- EEn.2.6.3 Analyze the impacts that human activities have on global climate change (such as burning hydrocarbons, greenhouse effect, and deforestation).
- EEn.2.6.4 Attribute changes to Earth’s systems to global climate change (temperature change, changes in pH of ocean, sea level changes, etc.).
EEn.2.7 Explain how the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere individually and collectively affect the biosphere.
- EEn.2.7.1 Explain how abiotic and biotic factors interact to create the various biomes in North Carolina.
- EEn.2.7.2 Explain why biodiversity is important to the biosphere.
- EEn.2.7.3 Explain how human activities impact the biosphere.

What is the difference between weather and climate?
What natural events and motions of Earth cause changes in climate?
How is the shape of Earth affected by rotation?
How does the interaction of the Earth, the moon and the Sun affect tides?
How does the revolution about the Sun affect amount of radiant energy received?
Why does ocean water move as currents?
How does movement of ocean water affect climate?
How does adding or removing carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) affect climate?
What effects result from increased atmospheric temperatures?
What is meant by biodiversity and why is it important to ecosystems?
What human activities affect biodiversity?
In what ways is all life dependent on energy from the sun?
What abiotic factors affect climate?
What biotic factors determine biomes?
Why do the 3 physiographic regions of North Carolina differ?
How do abiotic and biotic factors affect the carrying capacity of a population?

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