RENR 205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: European Goldfinch, Naked Mole-Rat, Guppy

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Renewable Natural Resrces
• Course: RENR 205
• Professor: W U X Inyuan

Document Summary

Reef: what influences climate distribution? latitude and elevation, ocean currents, and air currents. Earth is warmed by the greenhouse effect greenhouse gases and human effects comprise a small fraction of the atmosphere. Methane (ch4) nitrous oxide (n2o) ozone (o3) naturally occurring greenhouse effect is beneficial radiation gets trapped in the atmosphere and warms the earth. There is an unequal heating of earth by the sun the path and angle of the sun. Warmer air can hold more water vapor intertropical convergence zone (itcz): area near solar equator where two hadley cells converge. Hadley cells: two circulation cells of air between equator and 30on and 30os. Coriolis effect: the deflection of an object"s path due to the rotation of earth. Reef: which latitude rotates faster around the earth"s axis: equator formation of currents polar cells: atmospheric convection currents between 60o and 90o latitudes that are similar to hadley cells. Hadley cells: two circulation cells of air between the equator and the.