Climate Regions
What is the arctic?
Indicate whether a place has a dry or humid climate.
What is total precipitation?
an educational session dedicated to the study of geography, which explores the Earth's physical features and human societies and their interactions, including where things are, why they are there, and how they change over time
What is geography?
designed to provide information on a specific subject
what is a thematic map
Ottawa, Ontario
What is Canada's capital city?
When you add up the 12 average monthly temperatures for the year and divide the sum by 12
What is average annual temperature?
combination of temperature, precipitation, winds, etc. in ONE DAY
What is the weather?
showing interest in urban or built environments
What is human geography?
a representation of elements of the Earth drawn on a flat surface using symbols and colors to represent elements of a region.
what is a map
The Nile.
What is the world's largest river?
A region that has a climate greater than 25 degrees celsius
What is a continental climate region
climatic conditions of a place, averaged over a long period of time
What is climate?
a large volume of air that has the characteristics of the climatic conditions of the region where it originated.
What is an air mass?
uses symbols to show a variety of elements; it is an accurate and detailed representation of the region.
what is a topographic map
Mount Everest
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Pacific Maritime, Cordilleran, Prairie, Boreal, Taiga, Arctic, South-Eastern, and Atlantic Maritime
What are Canada's climate regions?
Latitude
Ocean currents
Air masses
Elevation and terrain
Proximity to water
What are the five factors that determine climate
water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
What is condensation
A map with no detail on a large scale
What is a small scale map
Pangea
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?
Indicate the climatic influences at play and therefore the various types of climate
What is Seasonal distribution of precipitation?
These 2 things move weather conditions from one region of the country to another.
What is wind and atmospheric pressure?
a boundary zone where cold, dry polar air meets warmer, moist tropical air, primarily in the mid-latitudes
what is a polar front?
Snap maps, google maps, google world, Apple Maps and waze
What is a digital mapping system
The Vatican City
What is the smallest country in the world?