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week 10s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is climate change | is the average weather of a large region over 30-35 years |
| what is weather | what a region experiences on a daily basis eg. (hot, cold, wet, dry, windy etc.) |
| what is latitude | is the distance from the equator, dscribed using angles. |
| whats Irelands Latitude | aqprox 53° north or the equator |
| true/ false the land heast up quickly in summer and cools quickly in winter | true |
| true/ false the seas heat up slowly in the winter and the seas cool slowly in the winter | ture |
| what is a prevailing wind | is the most common wind blown over a reigion |
| whats irelands prevailing wind | the south-westerly wind coming from aaround mexico over the atlantic |
| name all 4 of irelands winds | south-westerly winds, northern wind, easterly winds, southerly winds |
| explain the difference beween global cliate and local climate | local climate is for example irland has rain most of the time and global climate is the climate of tyhe whole planet |
| what is aspect | is the direction in which a slope faces |
| what is altitude | is the height of a place above sea level |
| expalin how the seasons change | the Seasons change by the way the Earth is tilting away from the sun |
| who was the first climatologist | vladimir Koppen |
| name three climate types | hot, temperate, cool, and cold |
| hot climate types | equatorial - 1season- brazilian rainforest- hot 32°- 2,000mm per yr rain savannah- 2 seasons - angola - hot 25-35° - 800mm per yr rain hot desert- 1season - sahara desert - hot 30-50° - 250mm per yr rain |
| temperate climate types | warm temperate oceanic (mediterranean) - 2seasons- spain- 30° hot - 400-700mm per yr rain cool temperate oceanic - 4 seasons - ireland- 15-17° hot - 800-2,000mm per yr rain |
| cold climate types | tundra - 2 seasons - lapland- 5° hot- -35° cold- 250mm per yr rain boreal- 2 seaons - sweden- 10-15° hot- -25° cold- 400mm per yr rain |
| list 3 factors affecting climate | distance from the sea. ocean currents. direction of prevailing winds. |
| what are irelannds 5 air masses | polar air, continental air, tropical air, maritime air and arcitic air |
| why dont irish sea coasts not freeze over during winter | because we get a wind called the gulf stream which is a warm ocean current that comes from the gulf of mexico |
| what is the green house effect | gasses in the atmosphere trap heat, CO2, earth15°, 1970s concerns, golobal warming |
| what are the causes of climate change | increased green house gases with industrialisation, human activities burning fossil fules and deforestation |
| effects of climate cahnge in ireland | wetter winter, drier summers, more storms and flooding |
| solutions of climate change | renweable anergy, conserve and recylce |
| what does desertification mean | where furtile land becomes desert |
| what is happening in the sahel | desertification, climate is drier, higher tempetures |
| effects of the desertification in the sahel | deaths of people and animals, soil erosion and migration of people |
| solution of desertification inn Sahel | irrigation new breeds of animals and planting trees |
| what does GNI stand for | gross national income |
| what does GNP stand for | gross national product |
| what is colonialism | practicing to take over a country |
| what is colony | a counrty that is taken over by another |
| what is colinial power | countries that take and control of other countries |
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