Ch 28.3 Vocab and Notes

Question 1

A climate that is strongly affected by an ocean

Answer 1

Maritime Climate

Question 2

A climate that is not directly affected by an ocean

Answer 2

Continental Climate

Question 3

blows from over the water toward landing the afternoon, when land is warmer than the water

Answer 3

Sea Breeze

Question 4

What is climate?

Answer 4

Long term average of weather conditions

Question 5

What is weather?

Answer 5

Day to day outside conditions

Question 6

What are the 5 spheres that make up Earth’s system?

Answer 6

Atmosphere, Biosphere, Cryosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere

Question 7

What is the atmosphere?

Answer 7

It includes the air around us

Question 8

What is the biosphere?

Answer 8

Everything that is living and the places where they live

Question 9

What is the hydrosphere?

Answer 9

It is water

Question 10

What is the cryosphere?

Answer 10

It is frozen water in snow, ice, and glaciers

Question 11

What is the lithosphere?

Answer 11

It is Earth’s outermost layer

Question 12

What is the primary factor that influence climate at any given location?

Answer 12

Latitude

Question 13

At which location does Earth receive the most intense solar radiation?

Answer 13

Equator

Question 14

At what degrees does the sun rays hit Earth’s surface in the tropic zone?

Answer 14

90%

Question 15

At what degrees do the sun rays hit Earth’s surface in the temperate zones?

Answer 15

45%

Question 16

At what degrees do the sun rays hit Earth’s surface in the Polar zones?

Answer 16

30%

Question 17

Which one of the zones does Lamar fall in?

Answer 17

Temperate zones

Question 18

What are other factors that determine climate?

Answer 18

Precipitation, Mountains, Water

Question 19

What is it like on the windward side of a mountain?

Answer 19

The air is cool and wet and there is a lot of vegetation

Question 20

what is like on the leeward side of a mountain?

Answer 20

The air is dry and there is little to no vegetation

Question 21

What is land breeze?

Answer 21

Air blowing from the land towards the water when it happens at night

Question 22

In Lamar Colorado what type of climate zone are we in and what type of vegetation do we have?

Answer 22

We have Warm semi-arid climate with grassland vegetation