ECOLOGY CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS
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QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS
●● Sunlight
Answer: Climate systems are directly influenced by it and how long it
lasts varies by season
●● Angle of Incidence
Answer: Affects intensity
●● Earth's tilt
Answer: 23.5 degrees
●● Summer
Answer: Tilt toward the sun
●● Winter
Answer: Tilt away from the sun
●● Cells of Wind
, Answer: Warm air rises and moves away from the equator, picks up
moisture, cools by adiabatic cooling, moisture condenses into clouds,
cool dry air moves toward tropics
●● Adiabatic
Answer: Cooling by gaining elevation
●● Trade Wind
Answer: Prevailing pattern of easterly winds in the tropics
●● Westerlies
Answer: Prevailing winds from the west between 30-60 degrees
●● Polar Easterlies
Answer: Prevailing dry, cold masses moving around the poles
●● Intertropical Convergence Zone
Answer: Where north and south air converge. Produces low atmospheric
pressure
●● Coriolis Effect
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS
●● Sunlight
Answer: Climate systems are directly influenced by it and how long it
lasts varies by season
●● Angle of Incidence
Answer: Affects intensity
●● Earth's tilt
Answer: 23.5 degrees
●● Summer
Answer: Tilt toward the sun
●● Winter
Answer: Tilt away from the sun
●● Cells of Wind
, Answer: Warm air rises and moves away from the equator, picks up
moisture, cools by adiabatic cooling, moisture condenses into clouds,
cool dry air moves toward tropics
●● Adiabatic
Answer: Cooling by gaining elevation
●● Trade Wind
Answer: Prevailing pattern of easterly winds in the tropics
●● Westerlies
Answer: Prevailing winds from the west between 30-60 degrees
●● Polar Easterlies
Answer: Prevailing dry, cold masses moving around the poles
●● Intertropical Convergence Zone
Answer: Where north and south air converge. Produces low atmospheric
pressure
●● Coriolis Effect