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Weather and climate
weather and climate
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Albedo | Higher Albedo has more reflection lower Albedo has less reflection |
| Where is the most solar radiation concentrated? | equator |
| What happens to the solar radiation as it goes toward the poles? | It spreads out and gets colder |
| What causes land and sea breezes? | The heating and cooling of land quicker than water. |
| What causes the Coriolis affect? | Earths rotation |
| What are the prevailing westerlies? | Winds that blow west to east at 30 degrees and 60 degrees north and south |
| What is a high pressure system and what does it bring? | air sinking that makes it difficult for clouds to form making clear weather |
| What is a low pressure system and what does it bring? | It is the rising warm air that brings clouds and precipitation. |
| How is weather and climate related? | Climate is the long term average weather |
| How is climate determined? | Average temperatures, kinds of plants, amounts of precipitation |
| Describe climate in your area | It averages it gets about 90 degrees in the summer every year |
| What is weather? | Day to Day atmospheric conditions. |
| What is global warming determination? | its the measurement of Earths temperature the last 100 years. |
| What does a cold front bring? | precipitatipn and thunderstorms |
| What does a warm front bring? | long rain or rain showers |
| what is a result? | the rise of sea level |
| What happens to earths solar energy? | It can reflect back to space absorb in the atmosphere land and water |
| Which has more constant temperatures ? coastal or inland cities | coastal cities |
| what causes wind | the movement of air from areas from high pressure to low pressure |
| what does wind cause? | surface current |