BIOA02H3 Lecture 9: BIO Module Lecture 9
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Lecture 9 global economy part 1: climate and biomes. Students should be able to : define / explain significance of red terms, describe how orbital forcings and insolation drive global circulation patterns. Relate this to global climate and to the distribution of terrestrial biomes across the earth"s surface: describe how topography can impact local climate. Define rain shadow and relate it to topography: explain how thermohaline circulation works, and how this carries heat around the planet"s oceans. Relate circulation to prevailing wind patterns: for the biomes covered in lecture, describe the characteristics of each biome and identify major plant adaptations within it. Climate long term average weather, found by solar radiation, global patterns of wind and ocean circulation, and topography. Climate is the most fundamental component of the physical env. Insolation the amount of solar radiation reaching a given area.
