Vocabulary
The day to day conditions of a region
What is weather
These are any factor that cause temperature variations from place to place and time to time
What are temperature controls?
This is the number of layers in the atmosphere
What is five
This is the spinning of Earth on its axis...
What is a rotation
There are this many types of energy transfer in the atmosphere...
What is 3
A protective layer made up or 3 oxygen atoms
What is the ozone?
These areas will heat and cool more rapidly and to greater extremes...
What are land/continental areas?
This is the layer of the atmosphere in which weather conditions occur
What is the troposphere
Seasonal change occurs because of...
What is Earth's position relative to the sun
These consist of changing electric and magnetic fields
What are electromagnetic waves
The amount of these changes from place to place and time to time in atmosphere.
What are variable components?
Windward coasts are areas where the prevailing winds are blowing from...
What is the ocean towards the shore?
The ozone is located in this layer of the atmosphere...
What is the stratosphere
The sun's apparent path varies with...
What is latitude and season
This type of energy transfer does not require a material to move through
What is radiation
This is the source of all clouds and precipitation.
What is water vapor
Albedo is the total fraction of...
What is the total radiation reflected off of any surface?
Between each layer of the atmosphere there is a transitional area that is called a ....
What is a pause
These occur every each year around Sept. 22 and March 20th when the Earth's axis is neither tilted towards or away from the sun...
What are the autumnal and vernal equinox
Occurs when electromagnetic waves are bounced of an object
What is reflection
These are elements in the atmosphere that remain constant in their percentages
What are major components
Temperature controls other than latitude include geographic position, altitude, ocean currents, and ...
What is cloud clover?
As you move up through the layers of the atmosphere pressure will...
What is decrease
This is the degree to which the Earth is tilted...
What is 23.5 degrees
This is the approximate percentage of solar energy absorbed by Earth's surface
What is 50%