CAS GE 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Evaporation, Polar Front, Abraham Ortelius

• School: Boston University
• Department: Geography & Environment
• Course: CAS GE 100
• Professor: Aaron Garrett

Document Summary

E=mc^2 describes the sun"s thermal nuclear fusion reaction that converts hydrogen atoms to helium and energy. Source: heat left over from formation, radioactive decay of elements. Total heat flow from earth interior is 2x10^17 kcal. This total is greater than the global use of coal, oil, natural gas, and electricity generated from the nuclear and hydropower plants. The coriolis effect makes objects in motion, such as an air mass, bend toward their right in the northern hemisphere and bend toward their left in the. This bending is generated by differences in the rate at which earth rotates. Changes in heat differential between poles and lower lats maybe responsible for a weakening of the trade winds and the occurrence of the polar. As air moves through a circulation ell the ability to hold water changes. Air picks up moisture as it moves along the ground.