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- Choose a zonobiome
from the list given on p.26 in Physical
Geography. After
researching that zonobiome in a library:
(a) map its global distribution;
(b) describe its chief climatic
characteristics and its dominant vegetation;
(c) explain how the vegetation is
adapted to the climate; and
(d) explain the chief human impacts
upon it.
- Figure 2.7 in Physical
Geography depicts the hydrological cycle under current
climatic conditions.
Redraw the diagram as it might appear during an ice age, noting
which water
fluxes change in magnitude.
- Select two soil-forming
processes from those listed in Table 2.1.
For each of these, find out the chemical or mechanical processes
involved (some soil-forming processes may be a combination of
chemical and mechanical processes) and
their effects on soil form (e.g. example horizon formation) and
soil properties.
- Plot the following
data, which shows air temperature (oC) recorded at different
heights (m):
| Height
(m) |
Temperature
(oC) |
| 0 |
5 |
| 10 |
3 |
| 20 |
2 |
| 30 |
4 |
| 40 |
3 |
| 50 |
2 |
| 60 |
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Mark the temperature inversion
on the diagram.
What might cause such an inversion close to the
ground?
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