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Ecology, Evolution and Diversity

Ecology, Evolution and Diversity. General Biology I. The two hour version. Part 3. The Biosphere. Apollo 8 – Christmas 1968. Biomes. Brazil. Arizona. Elevation and Temperature. Latitude and Temperature. Latitude. Elevation. Albuquerque. Elevation and Temperature. Denver.

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Ecology, Evolution and Diversity

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  1. Ecology, Evolution and Diversity General Biology I The two hour version Part 3

  2. The Biosphere Apollo 8 – Christmas 1968

  3. Biomes

  4. Brazil Arizona

  5. Elevation and Temperature

  6. Latitude and Temperature

  7. Latitude Elevation

  8. Albuquerque Elevation and Temperature Denver Latitude and Temperature

  9. World Biomes

  10. Southern California Coastal Chaparral

  11. Distribution of Chaparral Biome

  12. Mediterranean Chaparral Spain France

  13. African Chaparral Cape Town

  14. South American Chaparral Chile

  15. World Biomes

  16. Tropical Rain Forest

  17. Tropical Rain Forest

  18. Tropical Rain Forest Slash and burn

  19. World Biomes

  20. Savanna

  21. Savanna Kenya

  22. World Biomes

  23. Desert Sonoran Desert, Arizona

  24. World Biomes

  25. Temperate Grasslands

  26. World Biomes

  27. Taiga – Coniferous Forest

  28. World Biomes

  29. Arctic Tundra Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR)

  30. Alpine Tundra Mount Rainier, Washington San Juan Wilderness area, Colorado

  31. Oceans

  32. Ocean Currents

  33. Upwellings

  34. Shallow Oceans

  35. Intertidal Zone

  36. Estuary

  37. Open ocean

  38. Deep Ocean

  39. Freshwaters

  40. Kiamichi River, Oklahoma Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia

  41. Evolution “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975)

  42. Evolution A natural process…… Any change in the genetic make-up of a population through time

  43. Evolution Some background and history….

  44. Biology – 1500-1700s

  45. Geology/Geography 1500-1700s

  46. Natural History “Let it not suffice to be book-learned, to read what others have written and to take upon trust more falsehood than truth, but let us ourselves examine things as we have opportunity, and converse with Nature as well as with books.” John Ray -- 1691 (1627-1705)

  47. Fixed species in an unchanging world

  48. An ever changing world running on natural laws

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