ENVS 105 Question Set Section #1 Fall 2014 Answer the following questions for your homework. Work on the questions after we have covered the topic in class. Bring any questions to class or office hours. These questions will help you on the exam. If you do not do them‚ the points will add up and hurt your grade. To get credit‚ you must: Answer all questions Answer all parts of each question Type your answers Do complete and conscientious work Write out‚ number‚ and letter all questions Use regular
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on a map given as a ratio of distance on the map to distance on the ground 4. Alphanumeric Grid: grid that uses numbers and letters to identify squares of a grid pattern on a map Latitude and Longitude: a spherical coordinate system that is based on imaginary lines drawn around the surface of the Earth (latitude: equator‚ longitude: Prime Meridian) Military Grid: a system of numbered lines is superimposed on a map and position is stated by quoting the numbers of the lines that intersect at
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per unit time d. Birth rate minus death rate per unit time e. Amount of time required for the population to double 7. Identify the two factors that an ecologist could use to predict the type of terrestrial biome in any part of the world. a. Latitude and longitude b. Size and age structure of the human population c. Distance from the equator and nearest ocean d. Temperature and precipitation e. Area of fresh
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Key: C Question 6 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The Mediterranean climate is classified under which of the following Köppen-Geiger letters? A. Med B. H C. C D. A Answer Key: C Question 7 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The prevailing mid-latitude climatic type in the southeastern United States‚ western Europe‚ southern Brazil and northern Argentina‚ and eastern China is the: A. humid cold B. semiarid moderate C. dry winter tundra D. humid temperate Answer Key: D Question
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Ecologies and Environments Artize L. Johnson Professor: Denise Stiglich SCI 110 Introduction to Physical Science 4 March 2012 1. Describe your local and surrounding ecologies and environments. Before we can describe the local and surrounding ecologies and environments‚ we have to know the meaning of ecology and environment. The relation among organisms and the environment that they are in is called ecology. During an organism’s lifetime
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compromise with Britain “Fifty-four Forty or Fight” that stated the line of latitude that Democrats believed should be the nation’s northern border of Oregon. Britain didn’t approve America’s message because they would have to give up their land entirely. But both found a compromise to settle their differences in June 1846‚ which settled the boundaries between the American and British portion of Oregon at the line of latitude 49° North. After this compromise‚ many new American settlers made plans to
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The moon The moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. The moon orbits the Earth from 384‚400 km and has an average speed of 3700 km per hour. It has a diameter of 3476 km‚ which is about ¼ that of the Earth and has a mass of 7.35e22 kg. The moon is the second brightest object in the sky after the sun. The gravitational forces between the Earth and the moon cause some interesting effects; tides are the most obvious. The moon has no atmosphere‚ but there is evidence by the United States
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asteroid. Until the first successful Mars flyby in 1965 by Mariner 4‚ many speculated about the presence of liquid water on the planet’s surface. This was based on observed periodic variations in light and dark patches‚ particularly in the polar latitudes‚ which appeared to be seas and continents; long‚ dark striations were interpreted by some as irrigation channels for liquid water. These straight line features were later explained as optical illusions‚ though geological evidence gathered by unmanned
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1-Identify and describe the four earth subsystems and explain how they interrelate. The four earth subsystems are atmosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ biosphere‚ and lithosphere. “The atmosphere is the mixture of gases that surround the Earth. The hydrosphere is all waters on Earth‚ including subsurface and atmospheric water. The biosphere is all living organisms on Earth‚ including those on the land‚ in the water‚ and in the air. The lithosphere is the solid portion of the Earth‚ which is made up of rocks
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1. The science of biogeography is the description of distribution of life and the explanation of this description. The description is based on both time and space. This describes how things look and why they are there. It also looks to answer the question – are these features the same over time? Biogeography arose with the theory that life on earth is a non-random distribution. This is the most important observation leading to the field of biogeography. The study of biogeography includes many other
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