According to “Climate” by Marietta College‚ there are two types of deserts‚ subtropical and temperate. Both of these deserts receive less than 100 centimeters of precipitation per year‚ earning them the classification of desert. Desert plants must undergo many adaptations in order to survive the unusually dry conditions that are associated with a desert. There is a long list of adaptations‚ but some of the most common are the reduction of leaves‚ development of the stem as a major photosynthetic
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“Places around the equator and those at latitude 60N are dominated by low pressure belts. Yet the weather and heat transfer processes in the two regions are very different. The weather in the equatorial region is often unchanging while that along latitude 60’N is variable.” Briefly describe the formation of low pressure belts in the two regions. Explain the different weather patterns in the two regions with reference to atmospheric circulation and movement of air masses. Discuss the heat transfer
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Global warming affects many areas of the planet. Not only are plants and animals affected by the rising temperatures‚ but so are the intensity of storms. Global warming is believed to be responsible for numerous storms across the world intensifying. Global warming is believed to be causing more severe hurricanes‚ floods‚ and now monsoon season. As the temperatures across the globe continue to rise the intensity of the monsoon storms is continuing to build. If the temperatures continue to rise‚ the
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Micro-Reactions: Predicting the Products of Double Replacement Reactions Introduction – A double replacement reaction is a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound. If you have the reactants of two reaction solution that you can determine the products. All you need to do is pair the positive parts of the compounds with the other compounds negative part. Once you find the products you can determine their
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The climate of the British Isles is said to be both temperate and maritime‚ discuss. The British Isles located at 54◦N has historically had very unstable and hard to predict weather patterns due its location where five significantly different air masses converge and with influences from the Sub-polar Jet stream and North Atlantic Drift. Along with the additional complication of global warming potentially causing more extreme weather‚ meteorologists have been unable to agree on whether the UK has
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Global warming is a major issue in society. It has entered political speeches‚ agendas‚ pop culture‚ and sparks scientific debate. Global warming has been said to be responsible for heat waves‚ the rise of sea levels‚ flooding‚ drought‚ malnutrition‚ water pollution‚ and spread of disease. There is proof that the Earth’s temperature has risen‚ but is that really a threat? According to Jonathon Patz‚ with the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health‚ and Sari Kovats‚ with the London School
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Weather can be defined as the state of the atmosphere including movements of energy like wind and precipitation. Climate is the generally prevailing weather patterns of a region. The climate of a region is made up of the different weather patterns. The weather patterns are usually repetitive according to the seasons. Where I’m from in southwest Nebraska it snows in the winter‚ rains in the spring‚ and is hot in the summer. The question is‚ has the weather and climate always been like this in Nebraska
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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 differs from climate‚ which is the general pattern of atmospheric conditions in a given area over periods ranging from at least three
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Freshman Year Semester 1 Exam Study Honors Earth Science: Chapter 1: Branches of earth science Astronomy - study of objects beyond earths atmosphere Meteorology - study of air that surrounds the earth~ how air interacts us give us weather Geology- study of the materials that make up the earth and the processes that form and change those materials -4.6 billion Oceanography- study of earths oceans 3/4 Of earths surface * subspecialties are climatology‚ ecology‚ paleontology
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Global warming‚ Ice Core samples‚ Dendrochronology and Peat Bogs. Global warming is the rise of average temperature in the earth’s atmosphere since the late 19th century. Since the beginning of the early 20th century‚ the earths mean surface temperature had increased by around 0.8 degrees. Warming of the climate system had become more obvious and scientists are 90% sure that the main cause of the increase in temperature in due to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases due to human
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