AP Environmental Science Unit 4 2024 Correct Questions & Answers(graded A)

AP Environmental Science Unit 4 2024 Correct Questions & Answers(graded A)Watershed - ANSWER An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water Troposphere - ANSWER The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere Stratosphere - ANSWER The second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. Albedo - ANSWER Ability of a surface to reflect light saturation point - ANSWER The maximum amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature. adiabatic cooling - ANSWER the cooling effect of reduced pressure on air as it rises higher in the atmosphere and expands adiabatic heating - ANSWER the heating effect of increased pressure on air as it sinks toward the surface of Earth and decreases in volume latent heat release - ANSWER the release of energy when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into liquid water Atmospheric convection current - ANSWER global patterns of air movement that are initiated by the unequal heating of Earth Hadley Cell - ANSWER a system of vertical and horizontal air circulation predominating in tropical and subtropical regions and creating major weather patterns. Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) - ANSWER The latitude that receives the most intense sunlight, which causes the ascending branches of the two Hadley cells to converge Polar Cell - ANSWER Cells of air circulation occurring between 60 degrees north and so