Biomes Tropical Rain Forest & Boreal Forest Locations Tropical Rain Forest • Tropic of Capricorn- 23.5° S latitude • Amazon Rainforest – Latitude above 15°N Boreal Forest • Boreal Taiga- 50° N latitude • Boreal Siberia- 34°N Latitude Abiotic Factors Tropical Rain Forest • Weather‚ climate‚ rain‚ sunlight‚ clouds‚ and soil is very poor in these areas. The Amazon river rises a lot its water is absorbed in plants for nutrients. Boreal Forest • Weather‚ Climate‚ and soil
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temperature‚ solar radiation‚ characteristic of solar energy‚ long-wave radiation from the earth‚ and the global radiation balance. b. Topic : Insolation Over the Globe Details : Daily insolation through the year‚ annual insolation by latitude‚ and world latitude zone. c. Topic : Composition of the Atmosphere Details : 97% air‚ mostly gases such as oxygen‚ nitrogen‚ carbon dioxide‚ and water vapour. d. Topic : Sensible Heat and Latent Heat Transfer Details : Heat storage and transfer‚ hidden
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under the 36º 30´ latitude line would have been southern slave territory‚ however the latitude line didn’t extend that far. The 36º 30´ latitude line extended from the eastern coast line to the end of the Arkansas Territory. Now the president at the time was in favor of just extending the 36º 30´ latitude line‚ however the Southern members of Senate wanted all of the land gained from Mexico. The Compromise of 1850 did lasting damage between the border states along the 36º 30´ latitude
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of climate‚ latitude‚ elevation‚ ocean/wind currents‚ terrain and closeness to large bodies of water. There are many types of climates. Two interesting climates are the Mediterranean climate and Ice Cap climates. These two climates are very different. The Ice cap climate is located only near the poles‚ while the Mediterranean climate is mostly located on the western sides of continents. The first climate is Mediterranean. This climate is located between the 30 and 45 degree latitudes. The climate
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Oceanic circulations ●Ocean currents carry low latitude warm water to higher latitudes where the heat can be released to the atmosphere (through surface evaporation and sensible heat flux). ●In this way the latitudinal oceanic heat transport with its atmospheric counterpart (atmospheric Hadley Cell‚ Ferrell Cell and Polar Cell) to balance the Earth’s local heat budget. Loading... Oceanic circulations ●Buoyancy fluxes between air and water alter the density of the sea water - those are latent
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Checking out the weather report is a daily activity for many of us. At the very least‚ we want to know how hot or cold it will get‚ or whether there will be rain or snow. Some of us live in places where severe weather can produce dangerous conditions -- flooding‚ tornados‚ blizzards or fogs‚ so we pay attention to weather related warnings. And these days‚ weather reports are getting more sophisticated‚ with pollen counts and particulates for allergy sufferers‚ and UV indices to tell you whether you
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Technological advances have greatly changed our world since the voyages of Christopher Columbus. In the voyages of Christopher Columbus‚ Columbus´s first voyage went into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476‚ almost costing him his life. Shortly after this voyage Columbus married Felipa Perestrello and they had one son‚ Diego. His wife died soon after and Columbus moved to Spain and had his second son‚ Fernando with Beatriz Enriquez de Arana. Columbus participated in several other expeditions to Africa after
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energy (Charles H. Langmuir‚ 2012). By understanding the global atmospheric circulation patterns‚ along with historical processes‚ we can see how the development of these processes has altered our understanding of the weather dynamics of the mid-latitudes. This essay will discuss the development of our understanding. It will commence with the unicellular model‚ its relationship to the three circulation cell of Hadley‚ Ferrel and the polar cell. It will then move on to explain the relationship of high
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Occupational Stress theories They evolved from transnational stress theory Work demand perceived by the individual When stress was first defined‚ it was measured with stimulus and response. However‚ now‚ we are more concerned with the emotions of it. So stress theories is now about the “components to the stress transaction operating within a relational process.” (Lazarus 2001) Person- Environment Fit Described by French et al. (1982) The relationship between P-E Fit (or misfit) and strain
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What celestial event is Newgrange aligned to? Describe what happens at Newgrange on this day? -Newgrange’s roof box is aligned to the winter solstice sunrise. -A beam of sunlight hits the roof-box and illuminates the floor‚ which will eventually illuminate the main chamber. As sun rises‚ a light of beam through roof-box Describe what happens to the Sundagger on the solstices and equinoxes. At the winter and summer solstice‚ and rise also at the equinoxes‚ sunlight shines between three giant
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