BIOLOGY 2F03 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Textbook Notes
20 Mar 2017
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2. 1 large-scale patterns of climatic variation: biomes: major divisions of the terrestrial environment distinguished by commonly observed. Away from the perpendicular: amount of solar energy received by the northern and southern hemispheres changes seasonally, ex. Latitude and spreads again to north and south: the dry air draws moisture from the ground it hovers over and creates a band of deserts, air that moves from 30 deg. Back to equator forms loops called hadley cell: polar cell: air warms at 60 deg. 2. 2 soil: foundation of terrestrial biomes: soil structure results from the long-term interaction of climate, organisms, topography, and parent mineral material, soil - is a complex mixture of living and nonliving material upon which most terrestrial life depends. Latitude though majority lies between 40 and 50 deg. Japan, eastern china, korea, eastern siberia, southern scandinavia, northwestern iberia, British isles, eastern europe, northern california to southeastern alaska as temperate coniferous forests, atlantic sea coast, great plains, chile, new zealand, southern.
