28.3 Flashcards
Maritime climate
A climate that is strongly affected by an ocean
Continental cliamtes
A climate that is not directly affected by an ocean
Sea breeze
Blows from the over the water toward land in the afternoon
What is climate
Is the climate long term average of weathering conditions
What is weather
The day to day outside conditions
What are 5 spheres that make up Earth’s system
Atmosphere biosphere troposphere hydrosphere and lithosphere
What is the atmosphere
The air around us
What is the biosphere
everything organic
what is the hydrosphere
liquid water
what is cryoposphere
frozen water in snow ice and glaciers
what is the lithosphere
earth’s outermost layer
what is the primary factor that affect climate of any given location
latitude
where is solar radiation most intense
equator
at what angles does the sun rays hit the tropical zone
90 degrees
what angle sun rays hit the temperate zone
45 degrees