dominate the wind pattern. Highly elevated surfaces can induce a thermal low‚ which then augments the environmental wind flow. As part of the Hadley cell circulation‚ surface air flows toward the equator while the flow aloft is towards the poles. A low-pressure area of calm‚ light variable winds near the equator is known as the doldrums‚ equatorial trough‚ intertropical front‚ or the Intertropical Convergence Zone. When located within a monsoon region‚ this zone of low pressure and wind convergence is
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Chapter 7 Global Patterns of Climate‚ Natural Vegetation and Soils Chapter 7: Global Patterns of Climate and Natural Vegetation Climate • Characteristic condition of the atmosphere near the Earth’s surface at a certain place • Long-term weather of an area (at least 30 years) • The two most important factors that determine an area’s climate are air temperature and precipitation Ecosystem • A system formed by the dynamic interactions of plants‚ animals and micro-organisms with one another and
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the temperatures of Antarctica by at least ten degrees. The Antarctic is colder than the North Pole because it warms up faster and it cools down faster. Antarctica gets warmer faster than the Arctic because the Ocean water carries heat from the equator to the poles. The land of Antarctica heats up faster than the waters of the Arctic. Currency in antartica Roald Amundsen‚ discoverer of the South Pole and the ’End of the Earth‚’ is featured on the Å20 dollar note. A Norwegian‚ Amundsen reached
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all the extra ice would reflect so much sunlight that each year it would get more and more colder (more snow and ice reflecting sunlight) until the planet transformed into a giant snowball entirely frozen except for a few “slushy” areas around the equator. If you think that this is crazy‚ it is worth noticing that an increasing number of scientists believe that it has happened at least several times before. It does get warmer again when volcanism arises and increasingly dirty snow allow the planet
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Africa Rapidly increasing the population‚ Africa is the second largest continent in the world. Therefore‚ this continent lay on all four hemispheres and contains over a quarter of the independent countries across the world. Being such a large continent‚ Africa is categorized into two different sections the North African Middle East half‚ made up of the northern countries‚ and what is known as Sub-Saharan Africa which consists of the southernmost countries. Utilizing approximately one-fifth of the
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falls on April 14 of the Gregorian year. Vishu follows the sidereal vernal equinox An equinox occurs twice a year‚ when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun‚ the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator... The word "Vishu" in Sanskrit means "equal". Therefore Vishu is more probably denoting one of the equinox days. Vishu is also considered as the harvest festival A harvest festival is an annual celebration which occurs around the time of the
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Kristian Gelfo 1. List and describe the phases of Meiosis 1. A: Metaphase I - Paired homologues move to the center of equator of the cell. Anaphase I - The homologues seperate from each other and get moved to opposite poles by kinteochores. Telophase I - Spindle microtubules dissappear‚ cytokinesis occurs‚ and the nuclear envelope reappears. 2. Describe homologue pairing and crosing over. At which stage of meiosis do they occur? A: When two homologous chromosomes come together before
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There I can swim when the ocean is cold or the weather is stormy. I would like‚ that around of my house grew a lot of trees as palm trees and other tropical plants. In general I would like to live somewhere in south closer to the north and equator‚ the countries of sun and hot weather. [pic] Ilia Ovchinnikov
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Hurricane Mitch was born 21 October 1998 in the warm waters near the equator. The sun heats the surface of the sea evaporating 1 trillion tons of water each day. Once in the air the water droplets cool transforming into clouds. Carried by the rising warm air‚ the clouds billow upwards. If the heat from the sea below is strong enough they turn into massive tropical storms. The storm spun towards Central America picking up vast amounts of water and increasing wind speed. On Thursday‚ October 29 1998
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Antarctica Where is Antarctica? Antarctica is the region lying south of the Antarctic Circle‚ and surrounds the South Pole. There is a very small piece of land which points towards South America. Antarctica is very far from the Equator that’s why it is so cold. Antarctica contains 90% of the worlds ice‚ and it contains 10% of the worlds surface. If all of the ice in Antarctica melted‚ the sea level would rise 60 metres. In summer it is almost one-and-a-half times the size of the USA. Antarctica
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