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Climate Factors
Polaris
Vocabulary
Seasons
Winds and Weather
100
What does arid mean?
Hot and dry
100
Where is Polaris located?
Above the North Pole
100
What is redshift?
Evidence that the universe is expanding, object is moving away from us
100
Which season started most recently?
Spring
100
What does a barometer measure?
Air Pressure
200
What is the climate like on the windward side of a mountain?
Cold, rainy
200
Altitude to Polaris = _______
Latitude
200
Lines that run North and South
Longitude
200
What is the date of the first day of summer?
June 21
200
How do high pressure systems move?
Outward and Clockwise
300
As elevation increases, temperature _____.
Decreases
300
If I'm in Kingston, NY, what is my altitude to Polaris?
42 degrees North
300
The line runs North and South through the middle of the Earth.
Prime Meridian.
300
How many hours of sunlight are there at the North Pole during the summer time?
24 hours
300
Pressure systems always move from ___ to ____
From high to low
400
Cities located by large bodies of water maintain a moderate climate because _________.
Water has a high specific heat.
400
Compared to Rigel, Polaris is
cooler and dimmer
400
Not too hot, not too cold.
Moderate.
400
Which way is the Northern Hemisphere tilted during the winter?
Away from the sun
400
Using the ESRT, draw the boundary of a cold front.
triangles on a line
500
_______ is a measure of how much energy it takes the change the temperature of an object one degree.
Specific heat
500
Polaris is important for navigation because _____
Altitude to Polaris = Latitude
500
What is another word for brightness?
Luminosity
500
When it's spring in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
Fall
500
What type of air mass comes from the Gulf of Mexico?
mT