BIOL 2903 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fox Sparrow, Episteme, Endangered Species
18 Dec 2017
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Read first few chapters of the nature of ontario for the next few days. Animals = fauna: total number and variety (fauna and flora) of living things found in. Great range of abiotic factors (non-living factors) Environmental conditions some are wet: ex. Precipitation some parts of on are dry, and: ex. Fire can benefit some plants: ex. Bedrock (the rock that lies beneath the soil. Rocks are made of minerals that affect the nutrient supply and soil chemistry. Different bedrock = different minerals = different plants = different animals. Bedrock (nature guide to ontario: some bedrock is flat and layered. These rocks are formed from sediments called sedimentary. Rocks (caused from a big body of water being there and then drying away) they"re from flat areas. Limestone is a major sedimentary rock in on: we use it to cut up into blocks because its found in layers, rich in calcium and its relatively soft and basic in ph.
