Concept 42.3 Physical Geography Provides the Template for Biogeography
{"Image DocumentName": "Concept 42.3 Physical Geography Provides the Template for Biogeography", "Image ImageDescription": "With a partner or discussion group, compare the two Walter climate diagrams below, which show rainforests in two different locations. Discuss their similarities and differences: Which is (a) wetter in January, (b) more seasonal, and (c) warmer? Discuss where on Earth you would expect to find these two different rainforest biomes. Do you think they would both be found in the Northern Hemisphere? Answers: The location depicted in diagram A is wetter in January than the location depicted in diagram B. Location A has more seasonal variation than location B. Location A is warmer than location B. (Seasonality is indicated by the extent of variation in temperature and precipitation over the annual cycle. Location B has very little temperature variation, and only a small amount of variation in precipitation over the year. Location A is cooler and drier in winter, and generally warmer and wetter in summer, with a greater range of both temperature and precipitation values over the year.) INSTRUCTOR NOTES: Regarding the question: Do you think both occur in the Northern Hemisphere? Direct students to look at which seasons are warmer versus colder. Since there is very little temperature variation over the entire year in B, this should be a clue that it is a tropical location (tropical rainforest). Extension question: How would you predict the Walter climate diagram would look if the temperate rainforest (shown in A) were in the Southern Hemisphere? Answer: Seasons would be reversed; warmer and wetter in November, December, January, and February. 30.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}