EARTH 10 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: East Antarctic Ice Sheet, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
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* places: (be able to find on a map): East antarctica, west antarctica, transantarctic mountains, antarctic peninsula, east. Antarctic ice sheet, west antarctic ice sheet, ronne ice shelf, ross ice shelf, amery. Ice shelf, the dry valleys, mcmurdo station, palmer station, amundsen-scott, South pole station, ross sea, weddell sea, drake passage, lake vostok. Wendy bought a rug (weddell, bellingshausen, amundsen, ross) *define: latitude, longitude, map projection, nunatuk, iceberg, subglacial lake, *define: atmospheric circulation cell; coriolis effect, katabatic winds. ***object at equator rotate faster than objects at poles. How atmospheric circulation cells are associated with high- and low-pressure belts around the earth. How do katabatic winds in antarctica relate to thermohaline circulation in the. Circulation/conveyor belt, polynyas, water mass, antarctic bottom water, circumpolar. Deep water, antarctic intermediate water, convergence, divergence, upwelling, front. *explain why the southern ocean is one of the most biologically productive open oceans in the world during the austral summer. (hint:upwelling, nutrients, sunlight)
