Terrestrial Biomes - Ecology Global Insights

Course

Ecology

Study Pack

Set 1: An Introduction to Ecology

Set 2: Population Genetics

Set 3: Natural Selection, Speciation, and Extinction

Set 4: Behavioral Ecology

Set 5: Temperature

Set 6: Water

Set 7: Nutrients

Set 8: Demographic Techniques and Population Patterns

Set 9: Life Tables and Demography

Set 10: Population Growth

Set 11: Competition and Coexistence

Set 16: Population Regulation

Set 17: Species Diversity

Set 18: Species Richness Patterns

Set 19: Species Richness and Community Services

Set 20: Succession

Set 21: Island Biogeography

Set 22: Terrestrial Biomes

Set 23: Marine Biomes

Set 24: Freshwater Biomes

Set 25: Food Webs and Energy Flow

Set 26: Biomass Production

Set 27: Biogeochemical Cycles

Set 22 Terrestrial Biomes

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Set 22 Terrestrial Biomes

Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Going from pole to equator, what is the middle cell of atmospheric circulation called?

A) Coriolis
B) Polar
C) Hadley
D) Ferrell
E) Subsidence

Answer

Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

Free

The initial contribution to a general model of atmospheric circulation was made by

A) George Hadley
B) Gaspard Gustave de Coriolis
C) William Ferrell
D) James Lovelock
E) Benjamin Franklin

Answer

Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

Free

The world's major subsidence zones occur at

A) 0° and 60°
B) 30° and the poles
C) 0° and the poles
D) 30° and 60°
E) 0° and 30°

Answer