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Weather and Climate
weather and Climate pratice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Albedo | higher albedo has more reflection, lower albedo has less reflection |
| Where is the most radiation concentrated? | equator |
| What happens to the solar radiation as it goes to 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 Corolis effect? | earth's rotation |
| What are prevailing winds? | 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 pressure system and what does it bring? | the rising warm air that brings clouds and precipitation |
| How are Climate and weather related? | Climate is the long term average weather |
| How is Climate determined? | average temperatures, kinds of plants, and amount of precipitation |
| Describe Climate in your area. | It gets about 90 degrees in the summer every year |
| What is weather? | the day to day atmospheric conditions |
| Rain Shadowing | an are of low rain fall on the down hill side of the mountain |
| How is global warming determined? | it's the measurement of earth's temperature over the last 100 years |
| What does a cold front bring? | intense precipitation and thunderstorms |
| What does a warm front bring? | long steady rain and rain showers |
| What is a result of melting ice sheets? | a rise of sea level |
| What happens to earth's solar energy? | it can reflect back to space, absorb in the atmosphere, land and water |
| Which has more constant temperatures? Coastal or island city's? | Coastal city's |
| What causes wind? | the movement of air from area's of high pressure to area's of high pressure |
| What does wind cause? | it causes surface currents |