The Human Footprint
Chapter 17, Problem 2
Add labels to the figure that follows, which illustrates how various factors influence local climate.
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Explain why the northern United States experiences a cold season in winter and a warm season in summer.
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An ecological footprint . a. is the position an individual holds in the ecological food chain; b. estimates the total land area required to support a particular person or human population; c. is equal to the size of a human population; d. helps determine the most appropriate wastewater treatment plan for a community; e. is often smaller than the actual land footprint of residences in a city
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Areas of low solar irradiation are .
a. closer to the equator than to the poles;
b. closer to the poles than the equator;
c. at high altitudes;
d. close to large bodies of water;
e. more than one of the above is correct
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The solar equator, the region of Earth where the sun is directly overhead, moves from 23.5°N to 23.5°S latitudes and back over the course of a year. Why?
a. Earth wobbles on its axis during the year;
b. The position of the poles changes by this amount annually;
c. Earth's axis is 23.5° from perpendicular to the rays of the sun;
d. Earth moves 23.5° toward the sun in summer and 23.5° away from the sun in winter;
e. Ocean currents carry heat from the tropical ocean north in summer and south in winter
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