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Summer Work Answer Keys ??Activity 50.1 What Factors Determine Climate? The map on the next page shows a hypothetical continent on Earth. Assume that biomes and climates on this continent are produced by the same factors that produce biomes and climates on Earth’s real continents. Use this map to answer the questions in this activity. Where needed, draw the required features directly on the map. 1. On the map of the hypothetical continent, indicate the location(s) of these types of biomes: Use the information in Figures 50.10, 50.18, and 50.19 of Biology, 7th edition, to answer these questions. a. Tropical rainforest(s) In general, tropical rainforests lie between the equator and about 25° north and south latitudes, where the annual mean precipitation exceeds 150 cm and the annual mean temperature exceeds about 23°C. b. Temperate coastal desert(s) Temperate coastal deserts tend to lie between 25° and 45° north and south latitudes, where the general direction of the trade winds is away from the coast and the annual mean precipitation is less than 40 cm. c. Temperate deciduous forest(s) Temperate deciduous forests tend to lie between 30° and 60° north and south latitudes, where the annual mean precipitation exceeds 102 cm and the annual mean temperature exceeds about 11°C. To do this, draw approximate boundary lines to delimit each biome type, and then label each delimited area with the type of biome it contains. 2. Atmospheric circulation is driven primarily by differential heating of Earth’s surface. More heat is delivered near the equator than near the poles. This seems to explain the northward and southward flows of air. What introduces the eastward and westward components into air movement? (Hint: Review Figure 50.10, Global Air Circulation and Precipitation Patterns and Global Wind Patterns, and its associated text in Biology, 7th edition.) As indicated in Figure 50.10, “as Earth rotates on its axis, land near the equator moves faster than