'Global air circulation' presentation slideshows

Chapter 5

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Chapter 52

Chapter 52. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere. Overview: The Scope of Ecology. Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the environment . These interactions determine distribution of organisms and their abundance.

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

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Ecology and the Biosphere

Ecology and the Biosphere. Chapter 52. Earth from the moon. Ecology . Ecology is the study of Distribution and Abundance of organisms over time. Distribution is where we naturally find / found an organism Abundance is how many individuals are / were counted at the study sites.

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Air Pollution, Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

Air Pollution, Climate Change and Ozone Depletion. Core Case Study Blowing in the Wind: A Story of Connections. Wind connects most life on earth. Keeps tropics from being unbearably hot. Prevents rest of world from freezing. Figure 5-1. CLIMATE: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.

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Chapter 43 The Biosphere (Sections 43.1 - 43.4)

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Terrestrial Biomes

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Natural Hazards and Disasters Chapter 10 (part A) Climate Change and Weather Related to Hazards

Natural Hazards and Disasters Chapter 10 (part A) Climate Change and Weather Related to Hazards. System Feedback. Feedback loops Positive Negative Positive feedback loops encourage a dynamic state Processes in motion are continuous, but move away from the original condition

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Chapter 8

Chapter 8 . Air Pollution and Energy Use. Sources of air pollution. The combustion of gasoline and other hydrocarbon fuels in automobiles, trucks, and jet airplanes The burning of fossil fuels in power plants, factories, office buildings

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World Biomes

World Biomes. Deserts. Global Air Circulation. Climate.

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Climate and Weather

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Convection, Wind, and the Coriolis Effect

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Air-Sea Interactions

Air-Sea Interactions. Winds Pressure systems Sea ice. Global winds. Uneven heating of earth Convection Start with flattened earth Then transfer to rounded earth. EQ. SP. NP. Coriolis effect. Occurs on Earth because it rotates

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Atmosphere and Weather Review

Atmosphere and Weather Review. Carlie Bateman Rachel Arkiszewski Olivia Anderson. Composition. Nitrogen: 78% Oxygen: 21% Water Vapor: 0-4% Carbon Dioxide: <1%. Composition. Carbon Dioxide The volume of carbon dioxide has increased 25% in the last 300 years G reenhouse gas

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Introduction to Ecology

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Ecology chapters 1-8

Ecology chapters 1-8. Klaire Fisher Caroline Watkins Chris Shiman Daniel Szambelan. Chapter 1: Environmental P roblems, Their C auses, and Sustainability. The age of exponential growth How can we sustain our population? Rule of 70: Doubling time = 70/Growth %

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