1. Biogeography: Climate, Biomes, and Terrestrial Biodiversity Chapter 6
“To do science is to search for repeated patterns, not simply to accumulate facts, and to do the science of geographic ecology is to search for patterns of plant and animal life that can be put on a map.”
Robert H. MacArther

2. Key Concepts Factors influencing weather. Factors influencing climate.
Effect of climate distribution of biomes.

3. Weather and Climate
Weather
Warm front
Cold front
Weather Extremes

4. Climate Temperature Precipitation Uneven heating Seasons
Fig. 6-6 p. 115
Temperature
Precipitation
Uneven heating
Seasons
Earth’s rotation
Properties of air and water

5. Seasons
Fig. 6-8 p. 116

6. Air Circulation
Fig p. 118
Fig. 6-9 b & c p. 1117

7. Short-Term Climate Changes: ENSO

8. Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse gases

9. Rain Shadow Effect