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Global Climate Patterns
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Global Climate Patterns
• Three main physical attributes of the Earth determine global climate patterns
1. The shape of the Earth
2. Revolution of the Earth on a tilted axis3. Rotation of the Earth about its axis
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Global Climate Patterns
The tropics are warm; the poles are cold
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Global Climate Patterns
The tropics are generally the wettest, latitudes around 30° are generally the driest, latitudes around 60° are
wet, and polar latitudes are dry
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Global Climate Patterns
1. Shape of the Earth – causes unequal heating (energy per area) with latitude
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Global Climate Patterns
1. Shape of the Earth – differential heating and cooling causes rising and sinking air masses: Hadley cells
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Global Climate Patterns
1. Shape of the Earth – differential heating and cooling causes rising and sinking air masses: Hadley cells
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Global Climate Patterns
2. Revolution of the Earth on a tilted axis
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Global Climate Patterns
2. Revolution of the Earth on a tilted axis, which causes Hadley cells to change latitude with the seasons
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Global Climate Patterns
2. Revolution of the Earth on a tilted axis, which causes Hadley cells to change latitude with the seasons
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Global Climate Patterns
2. Revolution of the Earth on a tilted axis, which causes Hadley cells to change latitude with the seasons
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Global Climate Patterns
2. Revolution of the Earth on a tilted axis, which causes Hadley cells to change latitude with the seasons
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Global Climate Patterns
3. Rotation of the Earth about its axis
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Global Climate Patterns
3. Rotation of the Earth about its axis, which results in characteristic air and water currents
Currents are deflected to the right in
the Northern Hemisphere
Currents are deflected to the left in the
Southern Hemisphere
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3. Rotation of the Earth about its axis, which results in characteristic air and water currents
Global Climate Patterns
Currents are deflected to the right in
the Northern Hemisphere
Currents are deflected to the left in the
Southern Hemisphere
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Local Abiotic Conditions
Local factors, such as topography, proximity to water bodies, and etc., superimpose their effects on the
climate of a terrestrial region to produce local abiotic conditions (e.g., weather)
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Aquatic Biomes
Occupy the largest proportion of Earth’s surface
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Aquatic Biomes
Marine biomes account for 75% of Earth’s surface
Fig. 50.15
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Aquatic BiomesMarine biomes: Intertidal, coral reef,
oceanic pelagic, benthic abyssal
Fig. 50.15
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Aquatic Biomes
Marine Biome: Intertidal zonesAlternately submerged and exposed by twice-
daily cycle of tides
The vertical zonation of organisms is common
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Aquatic BiomesMarine Biome: Coral reefs
Warm, tropical waters near continents or islands (neritic zone) often support coral reefs (built by the
cnidarians that give this biome its name)
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Marine Biome: Oceanic Pelagic
Open ocean waters usually have lower nutrient concentrations than neritic waters, that
phytoplankton – at the base of the food chain – nevertheless exploit
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Marine: Benthic abyssal
Abyssal organisms are generally few and far between, except where nutrient concentrations are
high, e.g., whale carcasses (ephemeral) and hydrothermal vents (more permanent)
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Terrestrial Biomes
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Terrestrial Biomes
Warm, wet conditions correspond to high productivity, whereas cold or dry conditions result in low productivity
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Terrestrial Biomes
Tropical forest
Fig. 50.19
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Terrestrial Biomes
Tropical forest
Tropical forests account for ~7% of the
Earth’s terrestrial surface area
Even so, >90% of Earth’s species may
inhabit tropical forests
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Terrestrial Biomes
Desert
Fig. 50.19
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Terrestrial Biomes
Desert
Arid conditions generally prevent high productivity