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WGeographyNotes3

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What are the factors that effect climate?   sun, atmospheric pressure, global winds, and oceans  
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Describe the suns effect on earth   energy reaches earth. half is reflected or absorbed. The rest is converted into heat.  
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The greenhouse effect does what?   keeps the planet warm  
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_____zones are caused by warm air, which expands and rises   low-pressure  
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_____ zones are caused by cool air which is dense and sinks   high pressure  
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What do pressure differences cause?   airflow and energy distribution  
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What do global winds do?   they move heat and cold around the earths surface  
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What do oceans do?   move heat between tropics and polar regions  
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water heats and cools _____ than land   slower  
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ice crystals formed in clouds   snow  
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chunks of ice formed in snow clouds   hail  
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increase in evelvation causes a ___ in temperature   drop  
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___ cause the orographic effect   mountains  
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leeward side   rain shadow  
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which side is dryer? leeward or windward?   leeward  
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_____ storms form when cold, dry polar air mixes with moist warm tropical air   middle lattitude storms  
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Which are smaller? tropical storms OR middle latitude storms?   tropical  
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