Climate Change Flashcards
1
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Weather
A
Short-term atmospheric conditions at one specific place and time
2
Q
Climate
A
Long-Term average of conditions based upon many years of observation
3
Q
Phenology
A
The study of the timings of seasonal and cyclical biological phenomena
4
Q
Niche
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The set of environmental conditions and resources under which a species experiences positive population growth
5
Q
Coefficient Determination of R^2
A
Indicated the goodness of fit of a trendline. ranges from 0 (The trendline is meaningless) to 1(the trendline perfectly describes all variation in the data)
