15. how do oceans and continents form? x. Oceans: y. Continents: 16. Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur? z. G QUIZ 4: CLIMATE 17. The two main components that affect climate {. Temperature & precipitation 18. Rising air vs. Descending air: |. Rising air: cools‚ holds less water vapor‚ relative humidity increases‚ rain increase }. Descending air: heats‚ holds more water vapor‚ relative humidity decreases‚ less rain 19.
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while dust storms in the autumn indicate the arrival of winter. Heat waves occur during May and June‚ especially in southern Punjab‚ central Balochistan and interior Sindh. Continental air prevails during the period when there is no precipitation in the country. Pakistan has are four seasons: a cool‚ dry winter from December through February; a hot‚ dry spring from March through May; the summer rainy season‚ or southwest monsoon period‚ from June through September; and the retreating
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warmer than areas farther from the equator. 2. _________elevation_________—distance above sea level that affects temperature‚ wind‚ and soil G. Climate—an area’s average ______weather__________ conditions over time‚ including temperature‚ precipitation‚ and wind 1. For most living things‚ __________temperature__________ and _________precipitation_____________ are the two most important components of climate. 2. Heat energy from the Sun creates air currents called _______wind_______
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some economic‚ social and environmental damages‚ while being affordable for the region of use. An example of a strategy that modifies the event of a tropical storm is cloud seeding. While cloud seeding (using dry ice or silver iodide to trigger precipitation e.g. to maintain sunny conditions at the Beijing 2012 Olympics) has the potential to prevent any social‚ economic or environmental losses at all through the dissipation of a storm over a safe region‚ it has a number of drawbacks. The process and
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season by a few degrees. The climate has a temperature range of 68° to 86° F. In the winter‚ it is usually about 68° to 78° F. In the summer the temperature ranges from 78° to 86° F. The Savanna is a moderately stable climate. There is an annual precipitation of 10 to 30 inches of rain but this usually occurs in a few weeks. Growth after the rainfall occurs‚ however long periods of drought follow. The dominant plant life are grasses and small plants. Trees are sparse throughout this semi arid landscape
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summer; when they may range from 7°C at night‚ to 52 °C during the day. While the winter temperatures in deserts do not fluctuate so wildly‚ they can be as low as 0 °C at night‚ and as high as 18 °C during the day. Egypt receives less than 80 mm of precipitation annually in most areas‚ although in the coastal areas it reaches 200 mm. It hardly ever rains during the summer. Egypt has an hot arid desert climate (Köppen climate classification: BWh). It is hot or warm during the day‚ and cool at night.
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Jaden R. Barnes Page 1 What My Serenity Is 01/28/15 Descriptive Essay If you asked me "What does the word serenity first bring to mind?" I would instantaneously reply " the mountains of Kentucky". They are filled with wildlife‚ comfortable weather and crystal clear water. Being there surrounded by nature makes me overflow with euphoria and contentment. The location is perfect for hunting and the observation of its vivacious furry creatures‚ as well
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Symbols of the Spiritless Society has dictated that if one takes care of the land‚ the land will take care of the people. Taking care of the Earth is something that can be seen throughout history. Native Americans highly valued the land. Al Gore’s speech on global warming taught that someday the resources are going to be gone and the Earth will turn against the people. In the novel‚ Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ the reader can see that the land is going to be an essential part. Paton uses the country
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Solubility and Stoichiometry I. Introduction The first purpose of this experiment is to apply solubility rules to choose two of eight given reactants to do a precipitation reaction. The second purpose is to use stoichiometry to calculate how much of a reactant will be used in a precipitation reaction‚ assuming that the amount of product is given‚ and to figure out the actual yield vs. the theoretical yield and to calculate the percent yield. The other purpose of this experiment is to practice the
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Climate: animation -audio http://my.hrw.com/sh2/sh07_10/student/tabpages/hq7c/c25/s01/vc01/hq7c_c25s01_vc01fs.htm • Climate is the average weather in an area across a span of time determined by the temperature and precipitation. • Latitude‚ wind patterns‚ geography and ocean currents are all factors that define climate. • Range from Tropical Desert‚ Tropical Rainforest‚ Temperate Desert‚ or Temperate Rainforest. GCMs – Computer models – study climate change video http://www.sandi.net/cms/lib/CA01001235/Centricity/Domain/7724/video/Global
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