Climate of Spain and the Canary Islands
The warm current of the Gulf of Mexico influences the Galician coast, providing warm water. A branch breaks off and heads west towards the Canary Islands. While encountering warmer waters to reach the archipelago, this current, known as the Canary Current, has lower temperatures than the surrounding water body. This temperature difference increases air stability during summer.
Relief
The orientation (upwind or downwind) and height of the terrain influence thermal gradients. The primarily zonal orientation
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Elements and Principles of Art
The Point: The point is the basic element. A simple mark made with a tool on a surface is perceived as a point.
Weight Composition
Weight composition involves using areas and lines to structure the artwork. These include vertical, horizontal, and diagonal axes, as well as the center, sides, top, and bottom. The placement of elements within these structural areas determines the overall weight composition.
A balanced harmonic compositional weight is achieved through careful
Read MoreLand Use & Transportation Planning Quizzes
Quiz 9
Accessibility Indicators and Transportation
1. What are the Accessibility Indicators? Circle all applicable options.
- a, b, c, d
2. List four transportation facilities.
- Sidewalks
- Parking lots
- Transit stops
- Roads
3. List four Urban Land use infrastructure facilities.
- Transportation
- Water & sewer
- Recreation & education
- Health & safety
4. Specific to sewer and water services, what kind of physical attributes are considered in land use planning?
- Sewer service relies mostly on gravity flows.
- Water
Igneous, Metamorphic Rocks: Textures, Uses, and Formation
Igneous Rock Textures and Magmatism
The magmatic texture is the overall appearance of an igneous rock based on the size, shape, and arrangement of its minerals.
Plutonic Texture: All the minerals are crystallized, and the crystal size is roughly the same. This texture indicates that the magma cooled very slowly, over millions of years, allowing sufficient time for crystals to grow.
Porphyritic Texture: This texture consists of large crystals (phenocrysts) surrounded by microscopic crystals, thin and
Thermodynamics and Chemical Equilibrium: Key Concepts
Gas Laws and Properties
- For a gas with no internal order: ls-in líki2 k in ls as there is no ordn gass intrno.
- Phase change from liquid to gas involves an increase in entropy.
- Dalton’s Law: pA = p0 xA
- Avogadro’s Law: V1N2 = V2N1
Internal Energy and Enthalpy
- At constant pressure, the change in internal energy equals the heat exchanged.
- At constant pressure, the enthalpy change equals the heat exchanged plus pΔV.
- Heat involved in a constant volume process is calculated as follows.
- In general, the heat involved
Human Impact on Earth’s Resources: Water and Soil Limits
Earth’s Carrying Capacity and Resource Consumption
Carrying Capacity: This refers to the maximum number of individuals (population) that the planet can sustainably support.
Population and Resources
The concept of carrying capacity limits human population, estimated to be around billions of inhabitants, potentially coinciding with projections for the 21st century. We are approaching the limit the planet can sustain. The planet’s carrying capacity is affected by resource consumption, which is increasing
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