How is it that the open ocean produces the highest net primary productivity of earth's ecosystems, yet net primary productivity per square meter is relatively low? oceans have the largest area of all the ecosystems on earth. ocean ecosystems have less species diversity. oceanic producers are generally much smaller than oceanic consumers. oceans contain greater concentrations of nutrients compared to other ecosystems. oceans receive a lesser amount of solar energy per unit area.

City 24-hr average yearly temperature in ºc total yearly precipitation in mm minsk, belarus (former ussr) (53° n, 27° e) shanghai, china (31° n, 121° e) baltimore city, usa (39° n, 76° w) helsinki, finland (60° n, 24° e) banff, canada (51° n, 115° w) kuala lumpur, malaysia (3° n 101° e) 26.5 2393.6 buenos aires, argentina (34° s, 58° w) jakarta, indonesia (6° s, 106° e) questions 1. what factor contributes most to the warm climate of kuala lumpur? 2. banff and minsk are located at similar latitudes. what could account for banff’s average yearly temperature being lower than minsk’s? 3. which city’s climate is most similar to jakarta, baltimore or kuala lumpur? explain your answer. 4. shanghai and buenos aires have located thousands of miles apart and in different hemispheres, yet their climates are similar. what reasoning could explain this?