Equator

experience that takes us out of the ordinary and into the culture and history of faraway places. In the Galapagos, one of these is crossing the equator at sea during a cruise. Keep reading for more about this coming of age event that dates back to the times of whalers and pirates. pirates. There is much debate about the origins of celebrating crossing the equator. Some say that the British Navy started the ritual 400 years ago. In the decades that followed the tradition was adopted around…

Due to the Coriolis force, wind driven current are diverted to the right of the wind direction in the Northern Hemisphere. The opposite occurs in the Southern Hemisphere where current are diverted to the left. This effect is not observed at the Equator because there the Coriolis force is equal to zero. On the other hand, the topography can be the bathymetry and the location of the coasts. An example of topography effect over wind driven currents is the upwelling. This phenomenon consists on a…

Warmer waters are near the equator. The closer you get to the equator, the warmer it becomes. The temperature of seawater varies with the amount of sunlight that hits the area. Below the ocean’s sun-warmed layer there is a much denser and colder layer. It is estimated that 92 percent of the entire…

experience any of the changing seasons that we do today. Instead we would all have equal lengths of day and night no matter which hemisphere you’re in because heat from the sun would be equally distributed all over the world even at the Poles and at The Equator. The Earth’s axis is tilted approximately 23 degrees from the vertical position. Due to this tilt , different hemispheres receive direct heat at different times of the year because the direction of direct solar energy depends on the…

. Why does (or doesn’t) the frequency of a physical trait change in a rabbit population in different environments? c. This is an important investigation as understanding how populations are affected by different traits helps to understand why certain species thrive in an a certain an environment and why others don’t. This is an interesting investigation as there are no predators in this investigation, the rabbits are competing for food and that is why they are dying at an alarming rate. 2a. I…

Commercial management is the non-technical business disciplines within an organization, specifically the administration of revenue and expenses to generate a financial return.” It is the management of contractual and commercial matters connecting to the projects, from project beginning to completion (Lowe & Leiringer 2005, 2006). Commercial Management of Projects was very crucial module as a project manager point of view. It is important for a project manager to understand about the commercial…

difficult for tropical storms to form in areas too close or too far from the equator. The ideal latitude range is 5° - 30° North in order for a tropical storm to form. 5.Given that tropical storms/hurricanes require high moisture and temperatures, why can’t tropical storms form at the equator (0 degrees latitude), where temperatures and moisture are generally very high? ANS: The tropical storms can’t form at the equator (0 degrees latitude) because the of the Coriolis Effect. It does not have…

climate is Location. Areas close to the sea receive more rainfall than areas inland. This is due to the movement of moist air from the ocean to land, causing more evaporation. Also, the areas closer to the equator are generally warm because the energy from the sun directly reaches the equator without passing through any thick layers of the atmosphere. Another factor that contributes to climate change is the geography. For example, the Middle East and North Africa rarely receive rainfall because…

planet to the surface is 15299 Miles but like most spending bodies the rotation causes it to fold in the center or equator radius of the poles is 15125 Miles slightly smaller than the equator…

coincide with corresponding differences in climate.” This observation was obvious but was an main foundation and one part of Charles ingenuity. Although today’s new advanced technology we discern that humans in tropical climates or closer to the equator have darker tone or complexion skin than those in cold…