Seasons
September 21 and March 21.
What are equinoxes?
The effect that causes winds to be curved.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The two factors are used to describe the climate of an area.
What are precipitation and temperature?
The side (East or West) of South America that has primarily cold ocean water.
What is West?
The area of the world that has 24 hours of sunlight during December.
This is the season we're in when Earth is closest to the sun.
What is WINTER?
A latitude that contains a lot of deserts due to planetary winds.
What are 30 degrees North and South?
According to the Earth Science Reference Tables, the climate of this city in New York State is influenced least by large bodies of water.
Choices: Buffalo, Jamestown, New York City, Binghamton
What is Binghamton?
A cool ocean current that flows completely around Earth.
What is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current?
This is what happens to water in air is it rises, expands, and cools.
What is condensation (or rain/precipitation)?
The number of hours of daylight in New York on September 21.
What is 12?
(Everywhere in the world has 12 hours of daylight!)
The reason why winds are curved and the Coriolis Effect is happening.
This is the reason why ocean water takes a longer time to heat up and cool down than sand.
What is: water has a higher specific heat than land?
A cold ocean current that affects the west coast of North America
What is the California Current?
The reason why the polar areas (North/South pole) are so cold.
What is a low angle of insolation?
The Tropic of Cancer gets the vertical ray on this date.
What is June 21 / summer solstice?
The direction that planetary winds are deflected in the Northern Hemisphere
What is the right?
A city located near a large body of water will have _______ summers and ________ winters
What are cooler summers and warmer winters?
The direction of ocean currents is influenced the most by this.
What are planetary winds?
The time of year when shadows are the longest at high noon in NYC.
What is the winter?
The sun at high noon always is always in this part of the sky in New York State.
What is South?
Another name for planetary winds.
What are prevailing winds?
This is the reason why the leeward side of the mountain is warm and dry (deserts).
What is adiabatic warming?
The warm ocean current(s) that bring warmer water and milder temperatures to Northern Europe?
What are the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Currents?
Some of the most important greenhouse gases.
What are carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor?