Water cycle and climates
What is a water cycle?
Water supply being recycled between oceans, atmosphere and land
What are the 3 ways heat can travel
Convection conduction and radiation
What type of energy does no pass through a object , it bounces back?
reflected
T/F duration varies with latitude and season
true
Where are the coldest climates found near?
Earths poles
Evaporation and transpiration are fueled by…?
The energy from the sun
If you have shorter wavelength, what kind of energy do you have?
Greater energy
What is scattered energy?
Combination of refraction and reflection
When is the greatest duration of insolation?
June 21st
What are the 5 factors that affect climate change?
1. Latitude
2.altitude
3. Mountain ranges
4.oceans and large bodies of water
5. ocean currents
What 3 things release water from the atmosphere?
Condensation sublimation and precipitation
What’s an example of electromagnetic energy?
X-rays, gamma rays
T/F light surfaces are better absorbers of energy than dark colors
False
What is insolation ?
Electromagnetic energy given off by the sun that reaches the earth
Where are marine climates found?
In regions near a body of water
What is infiltration?
When water sinks(absorbed) into the ground
What is the fastest form of heat transfer?
Radiation
what are the 5 energy’s that come into conflict with an object
1. Refracted
2.reflected
3. Scattered
4.absorbed
5.transmitted
What time in the afternoon is the highest air temp
2 or 3 pm
middle latitude climates experience…..?
Large seasonal changes in temp
How do we know the cycle is in constant equilibrium?
Because the oceans and rivers have not dried up yet
How is electromagnetic energy distinguished from one another?
Difference in wavelengths
If a object heats up quickly… how does it cool down?
Quickly
Why is there a time lag between the time of greatest intensity and the time of the highest air temp?
Bc insolation energy is first absorbed by earths surface and then reradiated back out as heat energy that warms the air
T/F as air rises, reduced pressure causes air to condense and become cooler
False