Coriolis Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Organism - Answer-A living thing Population - Answer-A group of interbreeding organisms coexisting together (limited by time and location) Natural boundary - Answer-Mountains, rivers, oceans, etc Artificial boundary - Answer-mowed grass, man-made structures Community - Answer-different species within an area and the interactions within and among these species Heterospecifics - Answer-members of different species Ecosystem - Answer-All the biotic components in an area with the abiotic com...

Second Continental Congress - ANSWER-A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Townshend Acts (1767) - ANSWER-A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. Thirteen Colonies - ANSWER-A group ...

What is the origin of the Earth? - Answer-Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - Answer-Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - Answer-The energy of motion What is heat energy? - Answer-Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - Answer-A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What is convection? - Answer-Transfer of heat through currents caused by differen...

METEOROLOGY - CAAP CPL 2023 Every physical process of weather is accompanied by or is the result of..... -a heat exchange -the movement of air -a pressure differential Moisture is added to a parcel of air by..... -Sublimation and condensation -Evaporation and condensation -Evaporation and sublimation With regards to windflow patterns show on surface analysis charts; when the isobars are..... Close together, the pressure gradient force is slight and wind velocities are we...

CORIOLIS EFFECT STUDY GUIDE EXAM

What is the Gulf Stream? - Answer What is the thermocline? - Answer The area where there is a rapid temperature decrease with a depth of a few hundred meters below the surface How does oceanic temperature vary with depth? - Answer Warmest temperature found near surface (absorbs solar radiation) Then thermocline (temperature decreases rapidly) Deep ocean waters are only a few degrees above freezing What is upwelling? How does it affect oceanic temperature? - Answer Vertical transport ...

Aviation Weather Latest Update 100% Pass Natural Air Dry air + Condensation Nuclei + Water Vapor Three Cell Theory - Uneven heating from the sun - Tilt of the Earth - Coriolis Force Three Cell Theory of Circulation Air cools and descents to the upper latitudes Warm air rises and moves toward the poles Air cools and descents to the lower latitudes Between the 30o- 60o N latitude is primarily where the U.S. is located. What is the prevailing wind direction? From western...

Natural Air Dry air + Condensation Nuclei + Water Vapor Three Cell Theory - Uneven heating from the sun - Tilt of the Earth - Coriolis Force Three Cell Theory of Circulation Air cools and descents to the upper latitudes Warm air rises and moves toward the poles Air cools and descents to the lower latitudes Between the 30o- 60o N latitude is primarily where the U.S. is located. What is the prevailing wind direction? From western / Westerly

The uneven heating of adjacent bodies of air causing warm air to be drawn upward, and more dense air downward defines______________________________________________. - Answer-CONVECTIVE CURRENTS Air is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere due to the ________________________________. - Answer-CORIOLIS FORCE A narrow, high-speed, meandering band of air moving at a high altitude is called the __________. - Answer-JET STREAM Clear Air T...

Marine Biology, 11e (Castro) Chapter 1 The Science of Marine Biology 1) The Challenger expedition made collections of marine organisms: A) Around the world. B) In the Pacific Ocean only. C) In the Atlantic Ocean only. D) In the Mediterranean Sea only. E) In the North Sea only. Answer: A Section: 01.01 The Science of Marine Biology Topic: The History of Marine Biology Bloom's: 01. Remember 2) The first marine laboratory in the world was established in: A) Russia. B) England. C) France....

WX 201 Exam 3 with correct Answers The contour lines drawn on a 500 mb chart are lines of constant height The unit of pressure most commonly found on a surface weather map is millibars or hectopascals Isobaric surfaces are ____ in warm, less-dense air and ____in cold, more-dense air. higher; lower Because of friction, surface winds move ____ winds aloft with the same pressure gradient. more slowly than The pressure gradient force is directed from higher pressure toward l...