BIO120H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Sea Surface Temperature, Fish Migration, Dry Summer
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Introduction: physical environment determines if organisms will live there- the resources available, the rate at which their population can grow. It includes climate- long term trends of wind, precipitation and temperature: radiation from the sun drives the climate system and biological energy production. Concentrations of gases in the atmosphere and water: soil is important microorganisms, plants, animals live in and influences availability of resources such as water and nutrients. Climate: weather: current temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, cloud cover, climate: long term description of weather at a given location based on averages and variation measured over decades, climatic variation includes: Daily and seasonal cycles associated with changes in solar radiation as the earth rotates on its axis and around the sun. Changes over years or decades such as large-scale cyclic weather patterns related to changes in the atmosphere and oceans: longer-term climate changes are a result of the changes associated with the amount of solar radiation reaching earth.
