SCI 225 Midterm Exam questions with correct answers 2024

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 general pattern of global climate zones and biomes - correct answer since climate determines the type of vegetation that grows in an area, vegetation is used as an indicator of climate type. A climate type and its plants and animals make up a biome. The organisms of a biome share certain characteristics around the world, because their environment has similar advantages and challenges. Latitudinal Distribution - correct answer Weather/climate is similar along latitudinal lines (east to west) Stronger or hotter at the equator and less at the poles. Temperature, precipitation, etc. annual mean temperature - correct answer yearly average temperature annual precipitation - correct answer yearly average rainfall global wind patterns - correct answer direction/temp of wind coming from the poles and equator global surface ocean currents - correct answer direction of different currents in the oceans influences on temperature and precipitation? - correct answer ocean currents, latitude, nearness to center of large land masses and large bodies of water, location relative to mountain ranges, wind direction, elevation