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How do gyres affect climate?

Gyres transfer heat to the air which in turn heats the land.

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How does a rain shadow affect climate and vegetation?

The windward side typically has a wetter, cooler climate and supports lush vegetation like forests. The leeward side, in contrast, is often arid with sparse veg

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Which atmospheric circulation cell spans mid-latitudes between 30° and 60° in both hemispheres

Ferrel

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How does the high specific heat of water affect climate?

It causes coastal areas to have cooler summers and warmer winters

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Which moves faster, the Global Conveyor Belt, or Surface Currents?

surface currents

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Name the organism at the base of the ocean's food chain.

phytoplankton

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How could a change in salinity affect the global conveyor belt?

It could stop the global conveyor belt. Warmer, less dense water won't be dense enough to sink.

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What is specific heat?

How much heat energy is needed to raise 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius

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What is upwelling?

When wind pushes surface water away from the coastline and colder water comes up from the deep to replace it.

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How does a current form?

When water sinks due to density or differing temperatures

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The Coriolis Effect causes winds to curve to the ____ in the Southern Hemisphere.

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How fast does the water in the global conveyor belt move?

a few centimeters per second

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Name two areas (continents) where a major upwelling hotspot is found.

North America, South America, Northern and Southern Africa

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