Terms and Definitions of Atmospheric and Hydrological Processes, Quizzes of Ecology and Environment

Download Terms and Definitions of Atmospheric and Hydrological Processes and more Quizzes Ecology and Environment in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 i.e. DEFINITION 1 in other words TERM 2 e.g. DEFINITION 2 for example TERM 3 cyclical DEFINITION 3 occurring in regular cycles TERM 4 depauperate DEFINITION 4 low biodiversity TERM 5 zenith DEFINITION 5 sun's highest position each day TERM 6 solar equator DEFINITION 6 parralel of latitude lying directly under the sun's zenith TERM 7 Hadley circulation DEFINITION 7 rising air cools and extends 30 degrees noth and south, it becomes dense and sinks back to the earth's surface TERM 8 Hadley cell DEFINITION 8 rising and failling air within the tropics TERM 9 Coriolis effect DEFINITION 9 wind trying to move in a straight line on a rotating planet TERM 10 jet stream DEFINITION 10 Hadley and Ferrel cells together TERM 21 hypolimnion DEFINITION 21 lower layer of stratified lake TERM 22 fall overturn DEFINITION 22 cool water becomes dense and sinks, vertical shiftingspeeds up movement of oxygen and nutrients to bottom layer TERM 23 fall bloom DEFINITION 23 boom of phytoplankton because of the nutrients pushed up to the surface TERM 24 El Nino DEFINITION 24 when the currents reverse and take the warm water to South America TERM 25 Southern Oscillation DEFINITION 25 the westward current reverses TERM 26 La Nina DEFINITION 26 brings a lot of rain to the tropics, increases hurrican eactivity in North Atlantic Oceanstrengthens the polar jet streams