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El Nino Upwelling stops. East gets higher
La Nina Upwelling stronger, west gets higher
Percent of water in ocean 97.5
Coriolis effect to the right in the north, left in the south
Gyre Large, circular ocean current
Thermohaline Circulation Water Transports to poles, cools and sinks; Water flows deep at the bottom of the ocean; Prevailing winds off the coast blow surface waters away, and deep water rises up-upwelling.
Winds away from equator Northeasterly Trade winds, Prevailing westerlies, Polar easterlies, directions shift in southern hemisphere
Circulation cells away from equator Hadley, Ferrel, Polar
ITCZ InterTropical Convergence Zone
Layers of the Atmosphere Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
Layers of the Earth Crust, Mantel, Core
Mechanical Layers of the Earth Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core
P-Wave Compression Motion like slinky
S-Wave Up/Down Motion
Rayleigh Wave Back and forth and up and down
Love Wave Back and forth and left and right
Lake Levels Epilimnion, Thermocline, Hypolimnion
Oligotrophic Not much nutrients, not productive
Mesotrophic medium nutrients/productivity
Eutrophic High Nutrients/Productivity
Relative Humidity Ratio of the air's actual water content to its potential water vapor content at a given temperature, expressed as percent
R-Selected High population growth rate, poor competitors
K-Selected low growth rate, good competitors
Tribal Ara Nomadic hunter gatherer, little impact on environment
Frontier area Conquer the land
Early Conservation Era Save stuff for later use
Environmental Era intrinsic values of nature, our place in the environment
Simpsons index probability that two random samples will be of the same species
simpsons index of diversity probability that 2 organisms will be different
Simpson's reciprocal index the number of catagories with the same index
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act-Governmental agencies must take environment into consideration
CERCLA Superfund-clean up toxic waste
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