Name the three driving forces that create and influence the air's motion, and write a brief description of how each creates and/or alters wind
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Pressure gradient: initiates wind flow by directing wind out of high pressure and towards low pressure areas; determines initial wind speed according to the strength of the pressure gradient.
Coriolis: alteration of wind direction caused by the rotation of the Earth. Deflects wind to the right of its original path in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left of its original path in the Southern Hemisphere. Coriolis deflection increases as distance from the Equator increases, and also increases with increasing wind speed.
Friction: Occurs when air molecules drag along the rough surface of the Earth, but decreases as height above the surface increases. Slows the wind speed, and in so doing, also reduces the Coriolis deflection.
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1. Over the past 30 years, public concern for the environment has declined sharply. 2. Washington State University researchers found a nearly perfect correspondence between people’s environmental beliefs and environmental values. 3. Poor people tend to have little concern for the environment, as they must be concerned first with economic survival. 4. The United States has the highest rate of environmental concern of all industrialized countries. 5. Inglehart suggests that postmaterialist countries are more environmentally aware than materialist countries.
What is salinity, and how is it usually expressed? What is the average salinity of the ocean?
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A zone where new crust is formed due to the separation of two plates is labeled a(n) _______________. (two or three words)
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The relationship between mountains and precipitation can be generalized by saying that
A. mountaintops generally experience less precipitation that the surrounding lowlands. B. mountaintops tend to have more precipitation in winter but less precipitation in summer than the surrounding lowlands. C. mountaintops tend to have more precipitation in summer but less precipitation in winter than the surrounding lowlands. D. mountaintops generally experience more precipitation than the surrounding lowlands.