Basic Questions on the Syncing Process

I have a couple of questions about the syncing process.
First - does the syncing take place through MobileMe and the so called “cloud” or does it take place through the physical connection of the Touch to the iMac via the USB cable? When I connect the Touch to the iMac, I have
sync Address Book contacts
and
sync iCal calendars checked in iTunes
and there’s a little message in the same iTunes window under Bookmarks which tells me that the bookmarks are being synced over the air via MobileMe. So is the following assumption correct on my part that
Address Book
iCal
are being synced via the physical USB connection while the Bookmarks are being synced over the WiFi connection?
And finally, if I have contacts - let’s call them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on the Touch and only 1, 2, 3 on the iMac
what happens with the syncing process? Do the contacts on the Touch get reduced to 1, 2, 3 or do those on the iMac expand to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ? The question I guess is what syncs to what? Do changes on the iMac transfer over to the Touch during syncing or does it work the other way too?
Thanks
John
Thanks
John

1) If you have it to sync via Mobileme, then it sync via Mobileme. If you do not, then it does not.
2) It syncs both ways.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_touch_3.0_UserGuide.pdf

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