BIOB50H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cool Air, Hadley Cell, Atmospheric Pressure
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Rs: replicate, random, control group- to account for any mistakes that might affect results. Critical c: statistical analysis- to determine effects, attributes of experiments- not all 3 can be captured- they contradict, generality, realism, and precision. In tropics pocket of warm air rises pressure decreases air cools down and condenses clouds formed: warm air (surrounded by cool air) is less dense than cool air, warm air at equator rises up, creating a band of low pressure in. Hadley cell and when it gets between troposphere and stratosphere, it moves towards the poles in polar cells, eventually cooling and coming down to surface-subsidence. Chapter 3/lecture 3: early hypothesis is that human arrival hastened animal extinction, lithosphere, biosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, terrestrial biomes, biome: large community shaped by environment. 3 extremes and biological pressures like competition for resources. Shallow are nutrient rich: littoral zone- macrophytes underwater plants, benthic zone- bottom dwellers, detritus eaters, no light, pelagic zone- open ocean.
