latitude, altitude, distance from large bodies of water, and ocean currents
What are the 4 major factors that influence temperature?
100
prevailing winds, presence of mountains, and seasonal winds
What are the main factors that affect precipitation?
100
the seasons are caused by the tilt of earth's axis as earth travels around the sun
What is tilted axis?
100
currents which affect water to a depth of several hundred meters and are driven mainly by global winds
What are surface currents?
100
Streams of currents that move in regular patterns and can bring cool or warm air above them
What are ocean currents?
200
Are climates nearer the equator warmer or cooler?
What is warmer?
200
These move air masses bringing warm, cool, dry, or humid air.
What are prevailing winds?
200
When the end of earth's axis is pointed toward the sun, what seasons occurs?
What is summer?
200
currents warm or cool the air above it influencing the climate of the land near the coast
What is a currents effect on climate?
200
a seasonal change in wind patterns that occur over a wide area and can affect precipitation
What are seasonal winds?
300
tropical - near the equator (23.5 N and S of equator)
polar - areas near the poles (66.5 to 90 N and S)
temperate - areas in between the other 2 zones
What are the three temperature zpones based on latitude
300
What landforms can influence where precipitation falls as a result of where the wind hits.
What are mountain ranges?
300
The seasons change as the amount of energy each hemisphere receives from the sun changes.
What is the affect of the tilted axis?
300
a short term event in the tropical pacific ocean caused by changes in ocean surface currents and prevailing winds that brings warm water
What is el nino?
300
deep currents move and mix water around the world. They carry cold water from the poles toward the equator
What is a global conveyer belt?
400
in case of mountains or highlands, what is more important than latitude?
What is altitude?
400
sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction in seasons
What are monsoons?
400
When the end of earth's axis is pointed away from the sun, what seasons occurs?
What is winter?
400
a short term event in the tropical pacific ocean caused by changes in ocean surface currents and prevailing winds that brings colder water than normal
What is la nina?
400
movement of cold water upward from deep ocean. When wind blows away warm surface water, cold water rises. It brings up tiny ocean organisms and other nutrients from the deeper layers of the ocean.
What is upwelling?
500
These are responsible for creating moderate or less extreme climates along the coast.
What are large bodies of water or oceans?
500
The side of the mountain the wind hits first and receives a lot of precipitation is called ________ and the side of the mountain that is downwind and receives little precipitation is called __________.
What is windward and leeward?
500
The season are NOT a result of this this change?
What is distance between earth and sun?
500
these are caused by differences in the density of ocean water
What are deep currents?
500
the total amount of dissolved slats in a water sample