Albedo
The percent of isolation (solar radiation received) reflected by a surface
What is Albedo?
What is the equator?
The difference between climate and weather
What is climate is the average temperature of the area while weather is the day to day temperature?
How far is the Earth from the sun?
What is around 93 million miles?
The motion of Earth around the Sun and Earth's axial tilt at 23.5 degrees
What are seasons?
The four levels of Albedo are..
What are Albedo O, Low Albedo, High Albedo, and Albedo 1?
The changes in wind direction due to the speed of Earth's surface.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The relative amount of moisture in the air
What is humidity?
Low pressure is the result of warm air pushing ____.
What is up?
What is when the Earth is tilted towards to sun?
Big cities would have a ______ Albedo level.
What is zero?
Winds moving north from the equator are delivered _____ and those moving south are deflected _____.
What is east and west respectively?
High pressure will result in what type of clouds
What is few clouds?
The average temperatures of NC in the summer is usually in the
What is the 90s?
While the poles are vertical, what two seasons could the northern hemisphere be experiencing?
What are spring and fall?
Snow and ice would result in a ______ albedo level.
What is one or high?
What is heat?
Name the layers of the atmosphere.
More of the Sun's Rays strike the _______ than the ______
What are the equator and poles respectively?
The special situation at the poles is..
What is the sun rises and sets just once a year?
Changes in Albedo can led to....
What is alterations in temperature?
The Coriolis Effect along with seasons and the striking of the suns rays result in
What is the uneven heating of the Earth?
In order for a pattern of precipitation and weather to be considered a climate it must be the same for _____
What is 50 years?
The motion of air around the sun is due to a multitude of conditions. Name three of them.
What are solar heating, rotation of Earth, the Coriolis Effect, and the physical properties of air, water, and land?
True/False: Is there a difference between seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres?
What is true?