BIOL350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Intertropical Convergence Zone, Geomorphology, Environmental Factor
6 Jan 2018
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2- what is an ecological factor: any element that may act on living things during any part of their development. Abiotic= physical and chemical factors density independent . Biotic= interaction that occur between organisms ie: predatio(cid:374) et(cid:272) . : abiotic factors: network of constraints the soil, flora, fau(cid:374)a, are fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s of the (cid:272)li(cid:373)ate a(cid:374)d geomorphology. 4. geomorphology= the development or evolution or relief (topography) and landforms on earth. Short time scales: often catastrophic (tremors, mudslides, floods) Long-term scale: geological variables x interact with hydrological atmospheric and biological processes to shape landscapes: erosion transport and deposition. Aids in the creation of the lithosphere (and by extension to the biosphere) physical, chemical and biological: soils = a natural product formed by the weathering of rocks and actions of living organisms. 8- climate- the long0term average patter of weather and may be described on a local regional or global scale. 9-solar radiation= electromagnetic energy emanating from the sun.
