Vocab Part 1
What is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere?
weather
What is latitude?
geographic positioning that goes north to south
A place near the equator is going to have a warmer or colder climate?
warmer
How do landforms affect the ocean currents?
Landforms can change the currents, and make the currents have to go around the land.
How do oceans influence weather and climate?
a. oceans cause winds to move by the motion of strong currents
b. ocean's reflect the sun's energy back through the atmosphere into space
c. oceans absorb the energy of the sun, store it, and release it
d. oceans' waves continually generate heat through wave action
c. oceans absorb the energy of the sun, store it, and release it
Remember the sun is always the start!!!
What is the prevailing weather patterns of a region?
climate
What is longtitude?
geographic positioning that goes east to west
A place near either the north or south pole will have a warmer or colder climate?
colder
(hint: the place is further away from the equator)
How do mountains affect the weather?
The weather has to move over the mountains, and this can cause weather in the mountains to be different than on the flat lands.
The geography of a region affects its weather because the shape of landforms influences...
a. the amount of sunlight entering the atmosphere
b. the survival rate of organisms living there
c. the volume of sediment reaching the ocean
d. the flow of winds and ocean currents
d. the flow of winds and ocean currents
What is the distance from sea level?
altitude
What is the movement of water in a specific direction in the ocean called?
ocean current
True or false: Places on the same line of latitude will have the same type of weather.
False! The Faroe Islands and Anchorage, Alaska are on the same line of latitude and have very different weather.
Some places around the world get more sunlight, and therefore more warmth, then other places.
Light from the Sun strikes Earth with different intensifies in different locations. This is because of...
a. the angle at which the light strikes Earth
b. the distance between the Earth and the Sun
c. the changing seasons
d. increases and decreases in the Sun's energy during the course of the year
a. the angle at which the light strikes Earth
What is the mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth?
atmosphere
What is regional geography?
the study of specific regions of Earth
What causes movement in the air? Differences in...
Differences in air temperature.
The ocean currents can bring warmer or cooler air to a location, due to the temperature of the water.
What causes the pattern of ocean currents that we see on our planet?
a. Earth's rotation and the arrangement of continents
b. global patterns of fishing and sailing
c. gravitational pull of the sun and moon
d. concentration of dissolved salt and minerals
a. Earth's rotation and the arrangement of continents
(Hint: think about how the water must move around the continents and landforms)
What is the mixture of gases that surrounds Earth?
atmospheric circulation
What is the altitude at sea level?
0
The higher the latitude, the __________ the climate. The lower the latitude, the __________ the climate.
The higher the latitude, the colder the climate. The lower the latitude, the warmer the climate.
Extra credit: How does a location's latitude on Earth affect its weather and climate?
The latitude determines how close a place is to the equator. The closer it is to the equator, the warmer it will be. The further it is from the equator, the colder it will be.
On the back of your paper, draw a picture of a compass. Make an arrow pointing to the southwest.