Climate Zones
This is the long term pattern of weather on a planet.
What is CLIMATE?
These travel with the wind, but are in water. They carry warm waters from the equator north.
What are OCEAN CURRENTS?
This travels through space and warms and provides visable light on Earth.
What is ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY?
The imaginary line that runs through the center of a planet.
What is AXIS?
The reason the stars don’t appear to move quickly across the sky like the sun and moon.
What is that they are FARTHER AWAY?
The climate zones located 23.5 degrees north and south of the equator, and has very warm climates.
What are the TROPICAL ZONES?
Due to the water cycle, which includes wind carrying moist ocean air over land, coastal cities have this type of climate.
What is WET?
These 2 types of radiation are part of the sun’s electromagnetic energy too.
What are ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION and INFRARED RADIATION?
The turning or spinning of a body on its axis.
What is ROTATION?
This depends on when you see certain planets and constellations.
What is your POSITION ON EARTH?
The climate zones located betweeen 23.5 and 66.5 degrees latitude, and has very moderate climates.
What are TEMPERATE ZONES?
The side of a mountain which carries the cool, moist air upward.
What is the WINDWARD SIDE?
The direction the sun and stars rise and set.
What is RISE IN EAST and SET IN WEST?
A planet or satalitte’s path around an object.
What is ORBIT?
How scientist determine the movements of stars.
What is PLOTTING THEIR POSITION OVER TIME?
The climate zones located between 66.5 degrees and the poles, and has very cold climates.
What are POLAR ZONES?
The side of a mountain that is warm and dry.
What is the LEEWARD SIDE?
When it is daytime in Mexico, it is this time in Michigan.
What is DAYTIME?
This causes day and night.
What is EARTH’S ROTATION?
Three factors that determine the movements and positions in the night sky.
What are DISTANCE, TIME OF YEAR, and YOUR POSITION ON EARTH?
These imaginary lines on the Earth have a huge impact on how we classify climate.
What are LATITUDINAL LINES?
Large cities affect climate because these 3 factors trap heat.
What are pavement, buildings, and air pollution?
When it is night time in Michigan, it is this time in Australia.
What is DAYTIME?
This is the direction Earth rotates.
What is COUNTERCLOCKWISE?
People north of the equator can observe Mercury during these months.
What are MAY and APRIL evenings?