BIOL 2060 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intertropical Convergence Zone, Northern Hemisphere, Thermal Equator
13 Feb 2016
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Ecology: the study of the environmental factors that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms. Random: randomly selected (numbering samples from 1-max#, using randomizer) Experimental: manipulating abiotic or biotic environment and measuring how organisms respond. Can definitively determine cause and effect, but can be logistically challenging. Comparative: observing and surveying how organisms respond to abiotic and biotic factors already in their environments. Modeling: uses computer modeling based on how we think things work, used to examine how multiple hypotheses interact to make predictions testable by exp. or comp. methods. Ii effect of the aiotic environment on the distribution of. Biome: large area characterised by a dominant vegetation; certain biomes occur at certain latitudes because mean annual temperature and precipitation (i. e. mean annual climate) determines what kind of plants can grow in certain areas. 0 (equator) receives more solar energy/m compared to other areas of the earth and so it warmer.
