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    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 the strength…

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    other’s latitude of acceptance. My latitude of acceptance – that there is a God, Jesus died for our sins, and that there is more than just this life – was Alan’s latitude of rejection. Whereas Alan’s latitude of acceptance – that science is all that there is and there’s nothing more after this life – was, and still is, my latitude of rejection. The biggest problem with our arguments was that neither one of us attempted to persuade each other using idea’s closest to the other’s latitudes of…

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    is the lightening of the skin to permit higher synthesis of vitamin D3. There is a requirement of vitamin D3 in low UVB environments that requires a need for UVB photons which have influenced the selection for high skin pigmentation. The role of latitude and location to the equator influences the role of pigmentation in producing vitamin D3 is important in adaptation…

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    them and his tutor also give generous donations to the university. In her opinion, all of this is not a coincidence and that there is a well formed thought behind his adoption. Michael receives the judgment and categorizes each statement into the latitude of acceptance, non-commitment and rejection, all based on his current and prior…

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    As discussed, the lower latitudes of the Hadley Cell and the ITCZ are humid low pressure areas where moist air is rising upwards from the equator, creating large amounts of precipitation, this is explained by Arbogast (2014). Like deserts, tropical rainforests can often be caused…

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    A person's anchor point is considered to be the centre of his latitude of Acceptance, the most acceptable position to him. Audience is likely to distort any incoming information to fir to thier unique latitudes. If something falls into thier latitude of acceptance, the person tends to assimilate it and consider it closer to the anchor point. If something falls into the latitude of rejection,, the subject tends to contrast the information and convince himself that the…

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    northern and southern hemispheres are what causes the Earth to have seasons. As the incline of Earth’s axis brings the northern hemisphere closer to the sun during the planet’s revolution, the light of the sun falls more directly on the northern latitudes of the Earth. For the northern hemisphere, the sun appears at its northernmost point in the sky on the day of June 21, otherwise known as the summer…

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    The article “Forecasted Coral Reef Decline in Marine Biodiversity Hotspots under Climate Change” examines the suitability of habitats for coral reef development and growth concerning mainly the factor of thermal tolerance. Coral reefs are home to many species and these habitats are key for maintaining biodiversity, yet under climate change this highly diverse system is very vulnerable, especially to changing sea surface temperatures. A slight increase in sea surface temperature can lead to mass…

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    unacceptable. These three regions are known as the latitude of acceptance, the latitude of rejection and the latitude of non-commitment Social Judgment Theory (2008). In the latitude of acceptance, that person deems every entity or issue on a continuum acceptable. The anchor point is derived from the latitude of acceptance, which means those are a person’s most favored position Seiter (2009). Ego involvement influences the size of a person’s latitude of…

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    which means that it is affected heavily by the ocean waters that surrounds it compared at St. Louis. St. Louis is located on a landmass, while the incoming temperature is a constant in Singapore because of the ocean current throughout the year. Latitude is one of the five climate…

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