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Title: Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity


1
Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity
G. Tyler Millers Living in the Environment 14th
Edition Chapter 6
2
Key Concepts
  • Factors influencing weather
  • Factors influencing climate
  • Effect of climate on distribution of biomes
  • Characteristics of major biome types

3
Weather A Brief Introduction
  • Weather
  • Warm front
  • Cold front
  • Weatherextremes

Fig. 6-2 p. 102
4
Climate
  • Temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Uneven heating
  • Seasons
  • Earths rotation
  • Properties of airand water

Fig. 6-5 p. 105
5
Seasons
Fig. 6-7 p. 106
6
Air Circulation
Fig. 6-8, p. 107
Fig. 6-10, p. 107
7
Short-Term Climate Changes ENSO
Fig. 6-12 p. 108
8
Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse gases

Fig. 6-14 p. 110
9
Rain Shadow Effect
  • Microclimates

Fig. 6-15 p. 110
10
Biomes Climate and Life on Land
  • Relationship between latitude and altitude
  • Desert Biomes
  • Grassland, Tundra and Chaparral Biomes
  • Forest Biomes
  • Mountain Biomes

11
Biomes Latitude and Altitude
Refer to Fig. 6-17 p. 112
Fig. 6-18 p. 112
12
Desert Biomes
  • Tropical deserts
  • Temperate deserts
  • Cold deserts

Refer to Fig. 6-20 p. 114
13
Grassland, Tundra, and Chaparral Biomes
  • Tropical grasslands and Savannas
  • Temperate grasslands
  • Polar grasslands (Arctic tundra)
  • Permafrost
  • Alpine tundra
  • Chaparral

Refer to Figs. 6-23, 6-24, and 6-25 pp. 116-119
14
Forest Biomes
  • Tropical rainforest
  • Temperate deciduous forest
  • Evergreen coniferous forest (boreal forest)
  • Temperate rain forest

Refer to Figs. 6-29, 6-30, 6-31, and 6-32 pp.
121-124
15
Mountain Biomes
  • Mimic latitude
  • Islands of biodiversity
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