Apes Flashcards

5546722162	albedo	percentage of sunlight reflected off of a surface	0
5546722163	saturation point	maximum amount of water vapor that can be in the air at a given temperature	1
5546722164	adiabatic cooling	lower pressure causing air to expand in volume so lowers the temp in the air	2
5546722165	adiabatic heating	air sinking gets higher pressure causing the air to decrease in volume and raises the pressure of the air	3
5546722166	latent heat release	whenever water vapor in the atmosphere condenses, the air will become warmer and the warm air will rise	4
5546722167	Polar cells	similar to Hadley cells at 60* N anD South and falls at 90*N and S	5
5546722168	Intertropical convergence zone ITZC	Where the sun is directly hitting the earth. changes between 23.5N to 23.5 S throughout the year. Hadley cells are formed around it. this causes seasonal precipitation in the tropics	6
5546722169	Coriolis	deflection of an objects path due to Earths rotation	7
5546722170	Gyres	large scale patterns of water circulation like the clockwise in north and counter in south	8
5546722171	upwelling	upward movement of water toward the surface due to divergence near the west coasts of most continents. Deep waters rise to replace water being moved away and bring nutrients and therefore fish arrive	9
5546722172	thermohaline circulation	water traveling from the ocean surfave and to the floor due to changes in salinity after evaporation. Salt=cold. this connects all of the oceans	10
5546722173	El Niño	trade winds reverse in the pacific causing warm water to move from east to west. this prevents upwelling of cold deep water on the west coasts 3-7 years dry weather in africa and southeast Asia and wet cool conditions in the US	11
5546722174	mangrove trees	salt tolerant and protects coast line from erosion and storm damage	12
5546731172	intertidal zone	narrow band of coastline that exist between the levels of high tide and low tide; tidepools	13