Flashcard 3 Ecology and Climate

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Atmospheric pressure from the equator to 30 degrees to 60 degrees to 90 degrees goes...

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low, high, low, high

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Where would you find the Trade Winds? Options: Tropics, Mid-latitudes, Polar latitudes

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Tropics

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Where would you find the Westerlie Winds? Options: Tropics, Mid-latitudes, Polar Latitudes

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Mid-latitudes

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On which side of all of Earth's continents would you expect to find cold water currents?

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West

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

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Which side of the mountain tends to be cooler and wetter?

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windward

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On the leeward side of a high mountain range, which biome will usually be present? Options: tundra, desert, tropical rainforest, coral reef

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desert

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When it's spring in the northern hemisphere, it's ____ in the southern hemisphere.

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fall

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Earth's Axis is tilted by ____ degrees.

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23.5

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Earth's tilt causes

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seasons, season, seasonality

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

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In Cypress, the shortest day of the year falls in the month of _______

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December