Question

A city is located along the coastline of a peninsula at 25° latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. The land on which the city is built is primarily flat with karst topography. In recent years, scientists have detected a significant decrease in the amount of ozone in the stratosphere above the region. Describe the effect of latitude on the amount of sunlight the region receives. Describe how solar intensity will most likely affect the region’s average temperature during the summer and winter months. What kind of convection cell would be found over a region at this latitude? Describe one way in which this cell affects the movement of air through the region in which the city is located and one way in which this mass movement of air likely affects the region’s climate. Describe two ways in which the region’s topography is likely to affect its climate. Describe two ways that the recent decrease in stratospheric ozone poses potential risks to people living in the city

Answer 1

CartographersMapmakersGreat Circle Routetraveling along a great circlePlanar Projectiona map created by projecting an image of the Earth onto a geometric planeLATITUDEthe distance in degrees north or south of the equatorLongitudeDistance east or west of the prime meridianABSOLUTE LOCATIONExact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinatesPRIME MERIDIANthe earth's zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England.Northern HemisphereThe half of the Earth that lies north of the equatorSouthern Hemisphere.everything South of the Equator is in the Southern Hemisphere.Eastern Hemisphereeverything east of the prime meridianWestern Hemisphere.everything West of the prime meridan is located in the Western Hemisphere.Absolute locationis the point where lines of longitude and latitude meet.Relative Locationis the location of one place in relation to another.Physical Mapa thematic (special purpose) map that shows the major physical features of a placeHuman madeor determined by human rather than nature.