in evaporation. 4. The warmer the air temperature‚ the more water that will be able to evaporate into the air. It would be possible to have 0% RH at the poles because the air temperature is cold there. It would be possible to have 100% RH at the equator because that is where the hottest temperatures on Earth are everyday. 5. In Boise‚ ID there are no oceans near it. Boston‚ MA lies on the East Coast. The East Coast receives most of it’s humidity from the ocean and the sea breezes. Idaho‚ on the
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The cancer of jihadism in sub-Saharan Africa will probably spread outward from conflicts now underway involving groups in Libya and Nigeria; their members are likely to flee into the sandy expanse that covers much of Africa above the equator‚ as happened after French forces tried to wipe out extremists in northern Mali in
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extremely dry continent. 60% of Australia is agricultural land but only 6% is cultivated. It is split up into 6 main climatic regions which are equatorial (region near the equator)‚ tropical‚ sub-tropical‚ desert‚ grassland‚ and temperate. The equatorial region is made up of rainforest and savannah and since it is near the equator typically experiences the hottest weather and a lot of rainfall. Because it has heavy rain it is used for growing things like sugar that need that lots of water. The tropical
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It is located on the equator in the eastern part of Africa. Kenya is bordered by Tanzania‚ Sudan‚ Ethiopia‚ Uganda‚ Somalia‚ and the Indian Ocean. The country is divided into seven main geographical regions. The closest to the ocean is characterized by relatively flat land‚ ocean
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How and why do the world’s biomes differ in their biomass production? The definition of biomass is the total quantity or weight of organisms in a given area or volume. Biomass can differ because of many things‚ including temperature‚ rainfall‚ location‚ and altitude. Tundra and Tropical Rainforest are two contrasting biomes‚ different in many ways. First of all‚ location. Tundra is located in the coldest parts of the world‚ like the most northern parts of America (i.e. Alaska)
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Chapter 7 2. Concept: Key factors that influence an area’s climate are incoming solar energy‚ the earth’s rotation‚ global patterns of air and water movement‚ gases in the atmosphere‚ and the earth’s surface features. It is important to understand the difference between weather and climate. Weather is a set of physical conditions of the lower atmosphere‚ including temperature‚ precipitation‚ humidity‚ wind speed‚ cloud cover‚ and other factors‚ in a given area over a period of hours or days. Weather
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Planetary Mapping TSANG Chi Chiu BSc. (Hons.) SURVEYING AND GEO-INFORMATICS THE HONG KONG POLYTECHIC UNIVERSITY 2006 Planetary Mapping TSANG Chi Chiu Abstract of dissertation entitled: Planetary Mapping Submitted by TSANG Chi Chiu‚ 03330846d for the degree of Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Surveying and Geo-Informatics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in May‚ 2006. 1 Planetary Mapping TSANG Chi Chiu Abstract Map making can be dated back to the
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contrasts. The strong rotating winds of a tropical cyclone are a result of the (partial) conservation of angular momentum imparted by the Earth’s rotation as air flows inwards toward the axis of rotation. As a result‚ they rarely form within 5° of the equator.[1] Tropical cyclones are typically between 100 and 4‚000 km (62 and 2‚500 mi) in diameter.The term "tropical" refers to the geographical origin of these systems‚ which usually form over the tropical oceans. The term "cyclone" refers to their cyclonic
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called the Snowball Earth Hypothesis‚ and it is controversial‚ especially among scientists who doubt the geophysical feasibility of a completely frozen ocean. What is known is that the glaciers at this time were extremely large in extent‚ reaching the Equator in at least some areas. Interesting to note is that the first complex multicellular organisms‚ the Edicaran biota‚ appear in the fossil record almost immediately after the glaciations of the Cryogenian. Glaciers are one of the many amazing landforms
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CHAPTER 7 SPEED - Is a scalar -measures “how fast an object is moving” INSTANTANEOUS SPEED -the speed at any given instant in time AVERAGE SPEED -the average of all instantaneous speed; found simply by a distance or time ratio. SPEED= distance/Time TIME= Distance/Time DISTAnce= Speed*Time VELOCITY- is a vector Refers to the rate at which an object changes its position VELOCITY= displacement/time MOTION- is a change in position with respect to a reference ENERGY-
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