Earth Sun Relations
In each hemisphere, the sun's energy is strongest during
What is a summer solstice
Mountains can influence climate through this effect.
What is the orographic effect?
This is the outermost layer of the earth.
What is the lithosphere/continental crust?
These are the five major biomes of the earth
What are forest, desert, aquatic, grassland, and tundra?
These two spheres interact when humans pollute water.
What is the biosphere to the hydrosphere?
Without this, we would have no polar regions.
what is axis
These three factors affect Earth's climate
What is latitude, elevation, proximity to a large body of water, topography, air masses, ocean currents
What is plate tectonics
These are factors for the climate of an Aquatic biome.
What is wet/water?
This is the direction Earth rotates.
What is counterclockwise/ west to east?
This is what happens during the orographic effect
As the cloud nears the mountain it must rise to pass over them, causing it to rain on the windward side. As it passes over the mountain the rain stops, causing one side to have more moisture then the other.
Divergent plate boundaries cause this to happen
What are rift valleys?
These are factors for the climate of the Grassland biomes.
What are the distinct rainy season and dry season?
These two spheres interact when most living things use oxygen.
what is the Atmosphere to the Biosphere?
During a summer solstice, the sun never sets here.
What is the Arctic Circle?
This occurs as you venture further away from the equator
what is a drop in temperature?
This can occur when two plates move laterally past each other.
What is an earthquake?
These are the factors of climate for the Forest biome.
What is high precipitation and colder temperatures?
These two spheres interact when water evaporates and condenses into clouds.
What is the Hydrosphere to the Atmosphere?
The name of the solstices and equinoxes with dates.
What are the Winter Solstice on December 21st, the Spring Equinox on March 21th, the Summer Solstice on June 21st, and the Autumn Equinox on September 22nd
This term describes the atmospheric conditions persisting over an extended duration in a particular location.
What is climate
This is created at a convergent plate boundary when a 2 continental plates collide
What is mountains?
A ecosystem is a large distinctive complex of plant communities created by this
What is climate?
These two spheres interact when plants grow in the soil.
what is the lithosphere to the biosphere?