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Climate Test
Review for climate test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| difference between weather and climate | Weather is conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time while climate is average weather over a long period of time. |
| two weather elements that describe climate | temperature and precipitation |
| three main climate zones | tropical, temperate, polar |
| weather or climate? temperature changes every day | weather |
| weather or climate? a rainforest gets a lot of rain during the year | climate |
| weather or climate? deciding to wear shorts instead of pants today | weather |
| weather or climate? shopping for gloves, hats and a coat | climate |
| weather or climate? places near the equator are warmer | climate |
| weather or climate? temperature forest and tundra | climate |
| weather or climate? caused by interactions of heat, air and water | weather |
| weather or climate? today's track meet was canceled because of snow | weather |
| weather or climate? predicting what the conditions of Florida will be like in four months | climate |
| factors that affect climate | latitude, prevailing winds, mountains, large bodies of water, ocean currents |
| What do oceans transfer from one part of the world to another? | heat |
| rain shadow effect | moisture falls on one side of a mountain leaving the other side dry |
| latitude effect on temperature | higher temperatures near the equator, moving farther away means greater change in temperatures |
| prevailing winds effect on temperature | can bring warm or cold air into a region |
| mountains effect on temperature | higher altitude means lower temperatures |
| bodies of water effect on temperature | keeps temperatures more moderate, coastal cities have summers that are not too hot and winters that are not too cold. Inland cities may have very cold winters and very hot summers. |
| ocean currents effect on temperature | can bring warm or cold water to an area which heats or cools the air above it |
| latitude effect on precipitation | not directly affected |
| prevailing winds effect on precipitation | warm air may carry precipitation, cold winds are likely dry, wind coming from water can bring precipitation, wind from land is usually dry |
| mountains effect on precipitation | one side of a mountain is wet while the other is dry. This is because air is forced upward where it cools and releases moisture. |
| bodies of water effect on precipitation | increases humidity = more precipitation |
| ocean currents effect on precipitation | not directly affected |
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