Latitude
What is the Equator?
The line dividing the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
Ocean Currents coming from the Equator will bring what kind of water?
Warm
The word for going up a mountain.
Ascend
Do large bodies of water take a long or short time to heat up or cool down?
A long time
The Degree Change from 0-1000m
6.5 degrees celsius
A Temperate climate is...
Cold Winters and Hot Summers
Ocean Currents coming from the poles are bringing what kind of water?
Cold
What is the result of a mountain barrier on climate?
One side is significantly wetter than the other side.
A continental location is what?
In land, or away from a large body of water.
The temperature at 1000 m when the base level temperature is 20 degrees celsius
13.5 degrees celsius
A Polar Climate is...
Cold winters and cold summers
How is the temperature of an ocean current determined?
By the location it originates
The word for going down a mountain.
Descend
Continental climates have larger variations in temperature or smaller?
Larger
The temperature at 3000m when the base temperature is 20 degrees celsius
.5 degrees celcius
A Tropical Climate is...
Hot summers and warm winters
Ocean Currents in the Southern Hemisphere go which direction?
Counter clockwise
The name for the dry side of a mountain
Rain Shadow
Maritime climates have large or small variations in temperature?
Small
The temperature at 5000 m when the base temperature is 20 degrees celsius
-12.5 degrees celsius
What pole is at 90 degrees north for the Equator.
North Pole
Ocean Currents in the northern hemisphere go which direction?
Clockwise
The name for when cold air rises and releases moisture because of the temperature.
Orographic precipitation
A maritime climate is...
Close to a large body of water
The name for the change in temperature as altitude rises
Environmental Lapse Rate