Glossary - "What did you say?" Glossary - "What did you say?""A" in the Heat Loss Formula refers to the surface area of the object in question.
An animal whose front and rear feet land in almost the same spot. An example is the squirrel.
The green pigment in plants that enables them to synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light.
An animal that stays for (and thrives in) the winter.
From the Russian word for "snow" ("Chino") and the Latin root for loving ("phile").
An animal that leaves for the winter.
From the Russian word for "snow" ("Chino") and the Latin root for fearing ("phobe").
An animal that stays for (and tolerates) the winter.
From the Russian word for "snow" ("Chino") and the Latin root for tolerating ("phore").
The property of a material which allows it to conduct heat from a higher temperature to a lower one.
Trees that have needles and develop seeds in cone-like structures.
One method by which heat is transferred.
"d" in the Heat Loss Formula refers to the thickness of the insulative layer of the object in question.
Trees that lose their leaves in the winter.
The characteristic (e.g. of water in a lake) that depends on the temperature; (the mass per unit volume).
Ice crystals within the snow pack that have formed from water vapour that has risen after snow has sublimated near the ground.
An animal that travels on top of the snow. An example is the snowshoe hare.
The Heat Loss Formula describes the factors that affect the heat lost from an object due to conductance.
Hibernation is a state where an animal's metabolism is much slower than when it is active. The heart rate and body temperature are significantly lower. Ground squirrels go into hibernation for the winter in the Yukon.
An animal that leaps with its back feet landing in front of its rear feet. An example is the snowshoe hare.
Region within the snow.
"k" in the Heat Loss Formula is a constant called the Thermal Conductivity.It refers to the insulative layer of the object in question.
An animal that moves its front and rear legs on the same side together. This is the least common category of tracks. An example is the wolverine.
The process by which green plants synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light.
One method by which heat is transferred.
Seeds are the secret to perpetuating the species for plants that never live through the winter.
The distance between the prints of an animal's front feet or rear feet.
A way of describing a lake where the water temperature varies with depth (i.e. different layers, or "strata" are different temperatures).
The distance between prints of the same foot.
An animal that moves its left front and right rear legs together. An example is the dog.
An animal that moves its left front and right rear legs together. An example is the dog.
Region under the snow.
Region above the snow.
"Ta" in the Heat Loss Formula refers to the Temperature of the Air around the object in question.
"Tb" in the Heat Loss Formula refers to the Temperature of the Body in question.
The parameter that quantifies how quickly heat is transferred (lost) by an object.
Torpor is a state where an animal's metabolism is somewhat slower than when it is active. The heart rate and body temperature are not as much lower as when an animal goes into hibernation. Bears and red squirrels do not hibernate, they go into a state of torpor.
The process by which trees take up liquid water and dissolved nutrients with their roots and release water vapour from their leaves.
Is what happens to a lake as it cools from above 4 degrees Celsius (when cold water is more dense than warm) to less than 4 degrees Celsius (when colder water is less dense - to the temperature of freezing at which point ice floats!).
Is the process by which plants die back to their roots each winter and grow new stems and leaves each spring.
An animal that is too heavy to travel on top of the snow - so it wades through the snow. An example is a moose.
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