Mountain climate - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SCI 225 Midterm Exam Nature of Science - correct answer key principles and ideas which provide a description of science as a way of knowing, as well as characteristics of scientific knowledge weather - correct answer local atmospheric conditions over a short period of time, highly variable hour to hour and day to day climate - correct answer regional atmospheric conditions over a long period of time (30 years) "average" weather throughout the year, more predictable Describe the gener...

Coriolis Effect - - The way Earth's rotation makes winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right and winds in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the left. - adds in the effect of Earth's rotation, deflecting surface flow westward Climate - prevailing weather pattern in a region -Includes temperature, precipitation, wind, and light - Climate determines the occurrence of different biomes - major community types Climate: Convection Cells - - Based on warmth at equator causing air to ris...

Earth Science Climate Questions and Answers Rated A+ How is latitude described? The measurement of distance from the equator, either north or south What occurs to solar radiation as latitude decreases? It increases What defines the climate of temperate zones? They have warm summers and cold winters What happens to the climate as elevation rises? It becomes cooler How do mountains influence the amount of precipitation in an area? The side of the mountain facing the prevailing ...

Geology Final Exam Questions And Answers Which of the following is accurate about Louis Agassiz? A. He offered ideas that explain the timing of ice-age events but not the severity of temperature change associated with ice ages. B. He stated that there are changes in the amount and distribution of insolation received on the Earth. C. He stated that there are cyclical changes in the Earth's orbit and axial tilt. D. He stated that the presence of erratics in Europe was due to large continen...

ENWC McCarthy Midterm Questions and Answers Rated A+ ______ is a _______ that is created when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide enter the atmosphere and interact with clouds. Acid rain; secondary air pollutant "Conservation" includes the concept of using our natural resources, e.g. via timber harvest, fishing, and hunting, but doing so in a manner that is sustainable True "Father of Wildlife Management" Aldo Leopold A female cougar (also known as a mountain lion, catamount, ...

1. Additions: precip, organic matter, nutrients 2. Transformation: organic matter to humus. Primary (unaltered rock) to secondary minerals (chemically altered, original rock not apparent) by chemical change, dissolution and reprecipitation and biological change. 3. Translocation: Eluviation, Illuviation. 4. Losses: erosion: Leaching. - Soil formation process 1. Cation exchange capacity (CEC): the ability of soil colloids to exchange cations between the surface and the soil solution. This ...

PUBH 6011 Midterm Study Guide 2022. Week 1: How Energy Impacts Our Health • Explain how energy influences human health • The more energy usage a person has, generally the better they are living. Also generally extends our lives. • Energy protects form a lot of things...i.e. Refrigerator has temperature control protecting us from types of contamination that readily killed people a few 100 years ago. • Energy can also influence human health depending on the types of energy. Sustainabl...

is a resource that can be easily recovered through natural process and can be used again and again. Water, air, and sunlight are some of the renewable energy resources. Even though these resources are in abundance, proper measures should be taken to prevent overexploitation of these resources. - Answer-Renewable natural resources are those resources that take time for Earth to replenish through its natural processes. Humans use these natural resources faster than Earth can replenish them. F...

AAC correct answers Allowable annual cut. the amount of wood permitted to be harvested in the province within a year period in accordance with the rules set out in the Forest Act. What are the 3 strategies to help maintain stability with declining AAC? correct answers job diversification, Value-added, non-timber values what are the roots of the forest crisis? correct answers Missing markets, timber concession policies and subsidies, land ownership and tenure, governance failure, internatio...

Which mountain range contains the active volcanoes Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens? - Cascade Mountain Range Which region makes up the inland portion of the Pacific Northwest, east of the Cascade Mountain Range? - Columbia Plateau True or False? In 1911, the amount of salmon and steelhead caught in the Columbia River amounted to 20 million pounds, which was the highest yield of all time. - False. In 1911 the amount of salmon and steelhead caught was around 47 million pounds. This is the hi...