ATM 107 The
Oceans
Friday, 30
October 2015
Daily Announcements:
1) Exam #2 Review Class is today, 2:45-3:30 PM,
LC-18)
2) Exam #2 is Monday, Nov. 2. (Bring #2 pencils,
pencil sharpener, eraser.)
3) Exam #2: Ch. 5, 6, 7 & 8 and lecture material
(videos too!)
4) Students with disabilities: please verify your appointment at the DRC.
5) Return to Eastern Standard Time (EST) this weekend.
Song #1: “
Song #2: “Mermaid”
by Train
Text Source Today: 9.6*
* not including the sections “North Pacific Oscillations” and “North Atlantic Oscillations”
·
Benefits of
Upwelling and Downwelling
·
Global Atmospheric & Oceanic
Circulation Changes
·
Milankovich Cycles Notes Template
·
Global Oceanic Conveyor Belt PDF DOC
·
Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :
1)
What are the biological
benefits to upwelling and downwelling?
2)
What are
“windrows?”
3)
Give examples
of “aperiodic” and “periodic” mechanisms
that are a part of
Earth’s dynamic changes and climate
variability.
4)
What are the three
“Milankovich Cycles?” Why are they
important?
5)
Describe the combined
wind-driven and thermohaline flow of ocean water
around
the planet (“global oceanic conveyor belt”); see figure at top of sheet
6)
Where are the
major ocean basins most connected to one another?
7)
How long does it
take surface water to cross an ocean basin?
8)
How long does it
take deep water to cross an ocean basin?
9)
What likely
happened to the North Atlantic Circulation during the last mini-
ice
age and why?
10)Where
is the “