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    Tropical Grasslands

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    * TROPICAL GRASSLANDS (SAVANNAH) This is grassland with scattered individual trees. They cover almost half the surface of Africa*(about % million sq. miles generally central Africa) and large areas of Australia‚ South America and India. REGIONAL CLIMATE The climate is warm and hot Rainfall is about 50.8 to 127 cm annually. SOIL ORDERS The soil is porous with rapid water drainage. Contains a thin layer of humus. DORMINANT GROWTH FORMS Rhodes grass and red oat grass‚ in East Africa Star grasses and

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    Mitosis & Meiosis/ Human Development The Cell Cycle Stages of the Cell Cycle: G1 – cell growth S – DNA replication and continued cell growth G2 – Final preparations for division and continued cell growth M – Mitosis or cellular replication Some Important Terms for Replication: Chromosome – rod-shaped body in the nucleus that is only visible during replication that contains DNA and is our hereditary unit. Nucleolus – organelle inside the nucleus composed of RNA for ribosome formation.

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    Factors Affecting Climate

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    Factors Affecting Climate There are many different factors that affect climate around the world. The most important factors are:- • Distance From The Sea • Ocean Currents • Direction of Prevailing Winds • Relief • Proximity To The Equator • The El Nino Phenomenon • Recently‚ it has been accepted that human activity is also affecting climate. Distance From The Sea (Continentality) The sea affects the climate of a place. Coastal areas are cooler and wetter than inland areas

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    associated with Crossing the Line was to test new crews to see if they could endure the hardships at sea (Wildenberg‚ 2014). These ceremonies were typically associated with the Equator or other notable

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    The Hydrosphere

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    A(tlantic)MOC ●Gulf Stream / North Atlantic Current (SFC currents) carry warm water from tropical Atlantic to polar region. ●Sinking in Nordic Seas and Labrador Sea produces North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). ●NADW flows as a cold current at depth back to equator. ●Water transport along the AMOC consists of wind driven and density driven (i.e. THC) currents. Outline ●Different global ocean circulation types ●Wind driven circulations ●THC and oceanic heat budget Wind circulations ●Most energetic

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    World Factbook gives about 14 million (18% Kurds out of 72.5 million total population) (2008 est.) CIA.gov Evaluation of compliance of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline with the Equator Principles [ 2 ]. Evaluation of compliance of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline with the Equator Principles. (2001). The Equator Principles. www.platformlondon.org/carbonweb/documents/Equator_Principles.pdf [ 3 ]

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    Africa’s different climate has shaped their environment. First‚ Africa has a lot of rain‚ however‚ rain can also be limited. Next‚ some parts of Africa has plenty of trees and bushes that gives shade this allows a variety of plant life. Also‚ Africa climate is a mixed and can be very cold or very hot. Health in Africa is affected by the climate. With the Savanna river close‚ it has a lot of resources in Africa. Africa has many different countries and many different resources. In Africa‚

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    Environmental Determinism

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    Environmental Determinism Naturally‚ you don’t expect that the early people who lived in the far north of the globe to be black skin color or the people who lived near the equator to be white skin color. As well as sea people to be skilled hunters and people living in the woodlands to be skilled fishers. Our social and cultural development is affected by the weather that surrounds us and also the geographical position that we live in‚ this is this belief is called environmental determinism. Although

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    The Flower Industry 1. Is flower an emotional product? Why or why not? Flower is a very emotional product because the customer’s purchase flower’s for special occasions. They are so attached to the color of the flower because it represents a valuable treasure to them. For example‚ during the period of valentine’s roses are in high demand. Spouse’s‚ Girlfriend/boyfriend usually purchase roses to celebrate this special holiday with their love one. The rose will serve as the symbol of love‚ care

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    GPS Assignment

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    Certification Program Part A: 1. UTM stands for universal transverse mercator geographic coordinate system.What you often see on poster-size maps of the world is an equatorial mercator projection that has relatively little distortion along the equator‚ but quite a bit of distortion toward the poles. By slightly changing the orientation of the cylinder onto which the map is projected‚ successive swaths of relatively undistored regions can be created. This is exactly what the UTM system does. Each

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