Temp Effect

How does temperature effect the living
things in the environment ?

Organisms: All living things in the environment are organisms, such
as plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms.
What are 3 effects of temperature?
Temperature Effects on Health
Loss of internal temperature control can result in various illnesses,
including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, and hyperthermia from
extreme heat events.
How can temperature affect living things?

Temperature has the single most important influence on the
distribution of organisms because it determines the physical state
of water. Most organisms cannot live in conditions in which the
temperature remains below 0 °C or above 45 °C for any length of
time.
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How can air temperature affect organisms living in the
environment?
Climate change also alters the life cycles of plants and animals.
For example, as temperatures get warmer, many plants are
starting to grow and bloom earlier in the spring and survive longer
into the fall. Some animals are waking from hibernation sooner or
migrating at different times, too.
How can high temperature affect the environment?
Warmer temperatures can also lead to a chain reaction of other
changes around the world. That's because increasing air
temperature also affects the oceans, weather patterns, snow and
ice, and plants and animals. The warmer it gets, the more severe
the impacts on people and the environment will be.
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Why does temperature affect us?
Changes in the climate affect the air we breathe both indoors and
outdoors. Warmer temperatures and shifting weather patterns can
worsen air quality, which can lead to asthma attacks and other
respiratory and cardiovascular health effects.
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How does temperature affect plants?
In particular, temperature is a critical factor affecting plant growth.
Each plant species has a suitable temperature range. Within this
range, higher temperatures generally promote shoot growth,
including leaf expansion and stem elongation and thickening.
However, temperatures above the optimal range suppress growth
How does temperature affect photosynthesis?
The rate of photosynthesis increases as the temperature rises.
During photosynthesis, a temperature of more than 40 °C slows
down the process. Because it is an enzyme-controlled process,
this is the case. It occurs as a result of enzymes being involved in
temperature-sensitive chemical processes.
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What will happen to the plants and

animals if the temperature is too high?
What is high temperature environment?
Naturally found high temperature environments can
include volcanoes, some arid deserts, hot springs, geysers, out of
atmosphere locales, and any area close to Earth's mantle layer.
During certain tectonic plate interactions, extreme heat can be
generated and sustained for periods of time.
Habitat loss: Rising temperatures affect vegetation, food sources,
access to water and much more. Ecosystems may become
uninhabitable for certain animals, forcing wildlife to migrate outside of
their usual patterns in search of food and livable conditions, while
causing other animals to die off.
What happens to plants when the temperature is too high?
If extreme heat continues for weeks at a time, plants can actually die from a
depletion of their food reserves. High temperatures can also cause severe
water loss (desiccation) when transpiration (the process by which leaves
release water vapor to the atmosphere) exceeds moisture absorption by
the roots.
Why do plants need high temperatures?
Because plants can use more energy when they get adequate
light and increased carbon dioxide, they grow faster, stronger,
and produce higher yields; higher temperatures support a faster
plant metabolism
How do plants avoid extreme temperatures?

Plants do have natural systems that respond to heat problems. Some
plants are better at this than others. Plants can cool themselves by
pumping water out through the leaves for a kind of swamp cooler effect.
They can also make “heat-shock” proteins which reduce problems from
overheating
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What are the effects of high temperature on animals?
Extreme heat “can overwhelm an animal's thermoregulation,
preventing them from shedding that excess heat and eventually
leading to heatstroke, which can be fatal,” Arce says. All pets are
susceptible to heat stroke, but some are at higher risk, Arce says
How do animals survive in high temperatures?
Many animals in hot climates lower their body temperature and
with it their metabolic rate, entering an almost dormant state.
They become inactive, reducing their response to the heat and
their water loss through perspiration, breathing and relieving
themselves
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