BIOB50H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Tropics, Atmospheric Circulation, Rainforest
27 Oct 2016
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Physical environment: you cannot put a fish in the desert. Difference in the forest right forest has flowering plants while the other doesn"t might be physical limitation to forest like temperature. We have more diversity around equator in all three maps since it is hotter than poles. Physical environment includes climate, which consists of long term trends in temperature , wind and precipitation. Aspects of physical environment include chemical composition of air and water (salinity, acidity and concentration of gases) Blue jays are limited by climate in north america and atlantic. Drought lead to high harm after not getting water. Drought in (a) become (b) over period of time if not given water. Climate variation includes the daily and seasonal cycles associated with changes in solar radiation as earth rotates on its axis and orbits the sun. Long term climate change occurs as a result of changes in the intensity and distribution of solar radiation reaching the earth"s surface.
