How's the Climate?
The Sun
Earth's Features
Zones
100
Weather is the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
What is weather?
100
Latitude
What is the distance in degrees north and south from the equator?
100
Topography
What is the surface features of an area?
100
Temperate
What is climates with an average temperature below 18 C in the warmest month?
200
Describes the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
Air pressure
What is warming the Earth's surface unevenly?
200
Elevation
What is the height of an area above sea level?
200
Polar
What is the zone with temperatures rarely over 10 C?
300
Temperature
What is the measurement used to record weather?
300
Areas of high pressure
What is cold, more dense air sinks - creating what?
300
A mountain with a wet side and a dry side.
What is the rain shadow affect?
300
Tropical
What is the warmest zone, located in the equatorial region?
400
Rain, snow, or hail.
What is precipitation?
400
Areas of low pressure
What is warm, less dense air rises creating what?
400
Surface currents
What is the currents on the surface of the water?
400
Marine west coast climate, steppe climate, humid continental climate, humid subtropical climate, and Mediterranean climate
What is the five temperate zones?
500
Temperature and precipitation
What is the way climate is determine?
500
Wind
What is formed when air moves from high pressure to low pressure?
500
Large bodies of water
What is affecting the climate of coastal land?
500
Latitude
What is how the 3 main climate zones are determined?
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