Climate Basics
What is Climate?
What is, defined by patterns and averages of temperature, precipitation, clouds, and wind over many years.
What is a climatogram?
What is a climate graph, representing a regions average temperature and precipitation?
What is a characteristic of a tundra biome?
What is little vegetation, short growing seasons, permafrost, and few species of animals?
What two systems does weather and climate combine?
What is Atmosphere and Hydrosphere?
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?
What is, biotic is living and abiotic is non-living?
Name two factors that affect climate.
What is temperature and precipitation?
How do you interpret temperature trends in a climatogram?
What is look for fluctuations during the seasons?
How does the desert biome differ from the rainforest biome?
What is Biodiversity and amount of precipitation?
What is an example of an extreme weather event?
What is:
Tornado
Hurricane
Flash Flood
What are the 4 global systems?
What is:
Biosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere?
What is the difference between weather and climate?
What is climate is over a span of time and weather is day to day?
What key information can be derived from a climatogram?
What is the average temperatures and precipitation at certain times of the year?
What is the Aquatic Ecosystem where Marine and Freshwater meet?
What is Estuary?
What causes wind and ocean currents to form?
What is Uneven Heat Distribution?
What are the three greenhouse gases?
What is:
Water Vapor
Carbon Dioxide
Methane?
What is the greenhouse effect?
How can climatograms be used to compare different locations?
What is visually comparing the difference in temperatures and perceptions?
What biome is typically found at the equator?
What is tropical rainforest and tropical savannas?
Which way does wind blow over the Polar areas and Tropical areas, due to Earth's rotation?
What is east to west?
What do greenhouse gases do?
What is, allow light to come in and back out, but traps heat, warming the earth?
Describe how latitude affects climate.
What is the amount of direct sunlight an area receives?
What is the significance of seasonal variation in climatograms?
What is availability of food, water, and other vital materials for survival?
How can biomes shift due to climate change?
What is temperature shifting to support or hinder life?
What is El Niño?
What is the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle?
What is an Ecosystem?
What is, all the organisms that live in a place together with their non living enviroment?