Cool, dry air sinks. The clash of moist, warm air and polar cold fronts produces rain. Cell 2 North Pole north Some of the cool, dry air sinks and is then deflected Tundra Boreal forest 60° Grassland both north and south. Desert 30° Deciduous forost Cell 1 north O° Equator Tropical rainforest Cell 1 Deciduous forest south Warm, moist air cools as it rises, causing rainfall. 30° Desert 60° Grassland Tundra South Cell 2 south Warm, moist air rises; rain falls. Pole Cold, dry air sinks.

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How do the patterns in the kinds of environments shown in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres compare?

Cool, dry air sinks.
The clash of moist,
warm air and polar cold
fronts produces rain.
Cell 2
North
Pole
north
Some of
the cool,
dry air
sinks and
is then
deflected
Tundra
Boreal
forest
60°
Grassland
both north
and south.
Desert
30°
Deciduous forost
Cell 1
north
O° Equator
Tropical
rainforest
Cell 1
Deciduous forest
south
Warm,
moist
air cools
as it
rises,
causing
rainfall.
30°
Desert
60°
Grassland
Tundra
South
Cell 2
south
Warm, moist air
rises; rain falls.
Pole
Cold, dry air sinks.
Transcribed Image Text:Cool, dry air sinks. The clash of moist, warm air and polar cold fronts produces rain. Cell 2 North Pole north Some of the cool, dry air sinks and is then deflected Tundra Boreal forest 60° Grassland both north and south. Desert 30° Deciduous forost Cell 1 north O° Equator Tropical rainforest Cell 1 Deciduous forest south Warm, moist air cools as it rises, causing rainfall. 30° Desert 60° Grassland Tundra South Cell 2 south Warm, moist air rises; rain falls. Pole Cold, dry air sinks.
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