Atmospheric Phenomena and Their Environmental Impacts

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Atmospheric Conditions and Their Effects

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According to the information needed to relate the drawings:

  • A-2 An anticyclonic subsidence situation can cause temperature inversions, which impedes the mixing of air masses.
  • B-2 Strong winds due to the closeness of the isobars help quickly disperse the smoke coming out of the chimney.
  • C-1 A situation of low pressure produces an increase in the vertical movement of air, so it encourages the mixing height.
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Definitions:

  • Immission Value: Concentration of a pollutant
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Soil and Atmospheric Chemistry: Key Concepts

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Soil Chemistry

Soil Layer: Measured parallel to the soil surface to delve into an ore.

Rock: Extract which is not metallic.

Ionic Exchange: Has a capacity for interchange in soil or halt ions on the basis of clay content.

Soil Contamination: Composed of chemicals altered by human activity in the natural environment.

Parquet Flooring Structure:

  • a) Litter
  • b) Minerals
  • c) Rocks

Soil Components: Water, organic materials, and mineral.

Chemical Contaminants: Heavy metals and pesticides.

Physical: Heat

Biological:

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Key Terms in Geomorphology and Earth Sciences

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Albufera

Albufera: A shallow, brackish lagoon formed by a sandbar along a low-lying coast.

Anticline

Anticline: A dome-shaped fold in which the oldest materials are at the core.

Asthenosphere

Asthenosphere: The inner layer of the Earth, below the lithosphere, where convection currents are produced.

Badlands

Badlands: A badly eroded, hilly relief in arid clay areas, dominated by gullies caused by water streams and sparse vegetation.

Caldera

Caldera: A large, circular or elliptical depression in volcanic terrain,

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Islamic Architecture and Fortifications: Key Terms

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Abbey or Abbadia

A Yemeni Muslim dynasty, ruling in the Taifa kingdom of Seville from 1023-1091. Their reign was distinguished for its cruelty, while also offering protection to the arts.

Abbasid

Of or pertaining to the second dynasty of Muslim caliphs, founded by Abu-l-Abbas, who overthrew the Umayyads of Damascus (749) and established his capital in Baghdad, a city founded in 762. Abbasid art developed from then until 1258. It is characterized by the use of brick as the basic building material, the

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Metamorphic Rocks: Formation, Types, and Minerals

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Metamorphic Rocks

Metamorphic rocks are formed from other rocks in a process called metamorphism. Metamorphism never involves the fusion of the parent rock and occurs equally in igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, or other metamorphic rocks. This process happens when rocks are subjected to high pressures (about 1500 bars), high temperatures (between 150 and 200°C), or a working fluid (which causes changes in the composition of the rock, introducing new substances).

Metamorphic rocks are classified

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Agriculture and Fishing: Essential Practices and Terms

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Mediterranean Agriculture

Mediterranean Trilogy: These are the classic and typical yields of rainfed agriculture in Mediterranean climates: cereal, olives, and vines. Traditionally, the cereal was wheat, but today the barley acreage greatly exceeds that of wheat.

Dehesa: Land used for pasture, bounded and composed of herbaceous vegetation and scattered trees, usually oak or cork, of which acorn is usually obtained for cattle. The pasture is a consequence of human activity committed to wresting land

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