Climate
What is climate?
The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
What is the 4 physical systems on earth?
1. Atmosphere
2. Lithosphere
3. Hydrosphere
4. Biosphere
Name 3 factors that control the amount of solar energy that falls on Earth
1. Rotation
2. Revolution
3. Tilt
what is the Equator?
An imaginary line that goes across the middle of the earth separating the northern and southern hemispheres
How many rotations does the earth need to have a full day?
1 rotation = 24 hours
What is an arid climate?
Hot, dry, and mostly sand
What is the Atmosphere?
Layer of gases that surround
Earth and protect Earth from
harmful radiation
Why do we need the tilt of the earth?
Affects amount of solar energy different places receive during year
True or False: The North & South Pole bith have high latitude areas
TRUE :)
What is the winter solstice?
The time when Earth’s poles point at their greatest angle toward or away from sun
Name 3 Major Climates
Mediterranean
Humid Continental
Humid Subtropical
Marine West Coast
Arid
What is the Hydrosphere?
All of earth's water
Why do we need Revolution?
Makes the seasons
What is Middle Latitudes?
A latitude that is near neither a pole nor the equator, esp one between 30° and 60° north or south of the equator
What is Humid Subtropical?
Hot, humid summers, mild winters, eastern side of continents
Describe Marine West Coast
Winters are foggy/cloudy, and mild temperatures
What is the Biosphere?
Part of Earth in which all of planet’s plant & animal life exists 🙉🐶
Why do we need Rotation?
Makes it possible for Earth’s surface to be exposed for a time to warming effects of daylight & cooling effects of darkness
Name 3 areas that are in the Equator
Caribbean, Brazil, Peru, Ethiopia, Sudan, India, Philippines, Malaysia
What is the Equinox?
Occurs twice a year when Earth’s poles are not pointed toward or away from sun
Describe Humid Continental
Can experience all 4 seasons, upper-middle latitude continents
What is the Lithosphere?
Surface of planet that
forms continents & ocean
floor ⛰️
Where does most of earth's energy come from?
The sun☀️
Name 3 places in middle latitude
United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Kazakhstan, China
Name 5 capital's of countries in the Americas
D.C., Brasília, Ottawa, Mexico city, San Jose, Tegucigalpa, Guatemala City, Panama City, Lima, La Paz, Caracas, etc :)