Weather
Climate
Ocean Currents
Relation between Weather and Climate
Global Warming
100
The conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time.
What is weather?
100
The average precipitation and temperature over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
Warm currents cause rain Cold currents prevent rain.
How do ocean currents affect weather?
100
Strong, violent winds that change direction each season.
What are monsoons?
100
Alters weather patterns.
What is global warming?
200
Wind, heat and moisture
What are the three aspects of weather affected by topography?
200
Latitude, Water, Geographic Position, Mountains, Ocean Currents, Pressures and Winds
What are the six climate controls?
200
There has been an increase in freshwater runoff.
How have ocean currents recently changed?
200
These winds blow from cold to warm regions.
What are Monsoon winds?
200
Powerful Hurricanes, Drought and wildfires, Intense rainstorms
What are weather patterns global warming would cause?
300
A region with low atmospheric pressure.
What is a trough?
300
One type is infuenced by oceans and has steady temperatures, while the other has weather that changes with the season.
What are Maritime and Continental?
300
A type of wind that blows from the ocean to the land.
What is a sea breeze?
300
Both are caused by the conditions of the atmosphere.
What is the relation between climate and weather?
300
These are higher than they have been in 650,000 years.
What is carbon dioxide levels?
400
An area with high atmospheric pressure
What is a ridge?
400
Polar, Temperate and Tropical
What are Climate Zones?
400
A type of wind that blows from the land to the ocean.
What is a land breeze?
400
A measure of time; a short period of time is _______, a long period of time is _________
What is the difference between climate and weather?
400
This has increased 2 billion tons per year.
What is ocean acidity?
500
Wind from the south causes cooler weather, while wind from the north causes cooler weather.
How does wind direction affect weather?
500
The climate of a geologic time period.
What is Paleoclimate?
500
Shows the direction the currents have flowed in the past.
What are paleocurrents?
500
The relation between the heat that goes in and out of a region and the heat that is stored in that area.
What is the atmospheric heat budget?
500
This place has lost 150 to 250 cubic kilometers of ice PER YEAR.
What is Greenland?
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