Geography Unit 2
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- which direction does the ocean flow at the equator?
- from east to west
- which direction does the ocean flow around Antarctica?
- from east to west
- Where are the two major upwellings?
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East of Japan
East of Africa - Where is the major downwelling?
- East of US
- What type of water is the most dense
- cold and salty water
- What are the four atmospheric lifting mechanisms?
- Frontal, orographic, convergent, convectional
- how do midlatitude cyclones form?
- they begin at a low pressure zone, warm air spirals from the south and cool air spirals from the north.
- How do cyclonic storm tracks shift during winter? during summer?
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winter- south
summer- north - What are the levels of ecological organization?
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Ecosystem
Ecosphere
Community
Species
Population
Individual - Tropical Rainforest
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near equator
high rainfall - Tropical Savanna
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warm
farther from equator
Africa - Temperate Deciduous Forest
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Seasonal Climate
Wisconsin - Temperate Rainforest
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Cool, Wet
Washington - Needleleafed Forests
- Cold, Far North
- Mediterranean Shrublands
- Wet winter, hot dry summer, california
- Grasslands
- dryer than forest area, midwest
- deserts
- very dry, US Southwest, hadley cells descend here
- Tundra
- little vegetation, only low profile, high latitudes
- Ice
- At the poles, almost no life
- What is a boundary between two ecosystems called?
- Ecotone
- What three groups make up the food chain
- producers, consumers, detrivores
- How much energy is lost between trophic levels?
- 90%
- When does the most global warming occur?
- Winter