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weather and climate
| albeto | higher albeto has more refeaction lower albeto has lower reflection |
| where is the most solar radeeation consitraded | equator |
| what happens to the solar radiation as it goes toward the poles | it speards out and gets colder |
| what causes land and sea breezes | the heating and cooling of land quicker than water |
| what causes the corolis affect | Earth's rotain |
| what are the prevailing westerless | 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 allowing clear weather. |
| what is a low presre system and what does it bring | it is the rising warm air that brings clouds and precipapation |
| how are climate and weather related | climate is the long term average weather |
| describe climate in your area | it averages it gets about 90 degrees in the summer every year |
| what is weather | the day to day atmospheric conditions |
| rain shadowing is | An area of low rainfall on the downside mountain |
| how is gloabla warming determined | its the measure mental of Earth's tempureture over the last 100 years |
| what does a cold front bring | intense precipitation and thunder storms. |
| what is a result of melting ice sheets | a rise of sea level. |
| what happens to Earth's sola energy | it can refeaction back to space absourb in the atmospere land and water . |
| which has more constant temperatures Costal cites or Englad cites | Costal cites |
| what causes wind | the movement of the air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure |
| what does wind cause | surface current |