Biology II Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

. Which biome is represented by the following climate diagram? Note: dotted area shows temperature line above precipitation line, striped shows where the precipitation line is above the temperature line. (a) Boreal forest (b) Mediterranean-climate shrublands (c) Desert (d) Temperate grassland (e) Tropical rainforest You can rule out the desert and tropical rainforest easily. The desert would have a large dry season and the rainfall of the rainforest would be upwards of 2000mm. It’s no...

Biology II - Unit 1 Study Guide CH 22: Descent with Modification – A Darwinian View of Life • What is the simplest definition of evolution? o Descent with modification o Change in the population gene frequencies over time • What does evolution help us explain? o The adaptations of organisms o The unity and diversity of life • What are the major points of evolution? o Species change over time o All organisms share common ancestors with other organisms o Evolutionary change is ...