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| the study of interactions between organisms and their environment |
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| evolutionary changes because of |
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| Environmental factors + variation among populations |
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| provides the scientific underlying of environmental issues |
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| of biotic and abiotic limits |
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| temperature, water, salinity, sunlight (photosyn. and dna mutation), soil and rocks (affect food so affect consumer) |
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| 2 different climate categories |
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| much smaller scale, abiotic factors of a community under a log (my home) |
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–the input of solar energy/sunlight
–the planet’s movement in space
-air circulation
-wind patterns
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| releases moisture tropic zone |
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| arid zone absorbs moisture |
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| lanscape features that contribute |
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| the air can be warm or cool |
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| rainfall, local temperature,amount of sunlight |
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| seasonality depending on the angle of the sun, this affects the lakes |
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seasonal turnover
winter-cold on top
spring- evens out
summer-warm at top decreasing down
fall- evens out |
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| physically and chemically stratified |
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-greatly influenced by laditudinal
-species variation |
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