El nino Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

In California's ocean economy, tourism and recreation are less important than transportation (primarily ports and shipping). - Answer- False Approximately what percentage of Ventura County's coastline is sandy beach? - Answer- 90% Which of the following is needed to create a beach? - Answer- supply of sand, wave energy, a setting where sand can accumulate In California, the sand on beaches ________. - Answer- mostly rivers and streams What state in the US is likely to have black, g...

Soils with higher amounts of clay will typically have increased runoff. - correct answerTrue Plant roots are typically found in which soil horizon? - correct answerA Which soil horizon has the most organic material? - correct answerO The particle type that is most permeable and porous is - correct answerSand At which type of boundary would you find volcanoes? - correct answerConvergent Which of the following geographic features results from an oceanic plate subduction? - correct a...

Fjord - ANSWERSA long narrow inlet with steep cliffs created by glacial erosion (commonly found in Washington State) The Alps were formed... - ANSWERS...by the collision of the African and Eurasian continents (the alps are not made of volcanic rock) Three Main Types of Rocks - ANSWERSIgneous - Obsidian, Basalt, Granite (made from lava/ volcanic activity) Metamorphic - Slate, Gneiss, Phyllis (made under extreme pressure and temperature) Sedimentary - Limestone, Shale, Sandstone (made...

L12Q6: With the regards to crops, -List the optimum temps and precip requirements for chocolate Coffee, cotton and rubber -How does the growing conditions for rubber and cocoa differ from the optimal manufacturing/ industrial activity conditions? The hot humid conditions of the growing areas would necessitate high-cost facilities to stop cholcate products from melting and air container storage and ships would be required to stop it from spoiling. Look at page 353 for chart L12q5: How is...

El Nino - large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction linked to a periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific; June-December; caused by a change in wind patterns La Nina - Trade Winds are particularly strong in carrying warmer water westwards across the Pacific leading to colder than average temperatures in the east and warmer than average temperatures in the west; Effects of La Nina - - Stronger winds along the equatorial region...

upwelling of deep water nutrients increases - ANSWER which of the following is not likely to occur in an el nino event? hawaiian islands - ANSWER which of the following is not created by converging plate boundaries temp, precipitation - ANSWER the two most important factors representing climate would be temperate grassland - ANSWER beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, earthworms, prairy dogs, rabbits, meadowlarks, cayootes, hawks cool nutrient rich water from bottom to surface - ANSWER th...

GEG 111 EXAM 1 HARPER COLLEGE ACTUAL EXAM 2024 LATEST UPDATE VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+. Closed System - ANSWER- A system that is self-contained and isolated from influences outside the system. (energy can flow in and out) Open System - ANSWER- A system that exchanges energy and matter with the surroundings (energy and matter). (Glaciers) Feedback - ANSWER- A change in a system caused by the system's output. Positive Feedback - ANSWER- Changes in a ...

upwelling of deep water nutrients increases - ANSWER which of the following is not likely to occur in an el nino event? hawaiian islands - ANSWER which of the following is not created by converging plate boundaries temp, precipitation - ANSWER the two most important factors representing climate would be temperate grassland - ANSWER beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, earthworms, prairy dogs, rabbits, meadowlarks, cayootes, hawks cool nutrient rich water from bottom to surface - ANSWER th...

APES Module 11 Question and answers already passed 2023/2024 E.N.S.O - correct answer El Nino Southern Oscillation What are ocean currents driven by? - correct answer combination of: 1) temperature 2) gravity 3) prevailing winds 4) the Coriolis effect 5) the locations of continents. Warm water, like warm air _____ and _____ - correct answer expands; rises Gyre - correct answer A large-scale pattern of water circulation that moves clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclo...

Gulf Stream - Answer powerful, warm Atlantic Ocean current that starts at tip of FL and follows east. coastline of US before crossing Atlantic thermocline - Answer rapid temp drecrease with depth a few hundred meters below surface upwelling - Answer vertical transport of deep ocean waters upward results in cooler surface water typically along west coast of continents El Nino Southern Oscillation - Answer atmospheric oscillation over S Pacific Ocean seesaw patter of reversing surface ...