Ch. 3 Materials

Question 1

isotherm

Answer 1

line that connects points on a map that have the same temperature

Question 2

what makes isothermal maps valuable

Answer 2

temperature distribution is made clearly visible

Question 3

what happens to the seasons as u get farther and farther from the equator?

Answer 3

they become far more pronounced

Question 4

whats the primary control of temperature and why

Answer 4

latitude

-determines annual variations in Sun angle and length of daylight

Question 5

besides latitude, what else determines air control

Answer 5

elevation

Question 6

why does water temp rise and fall more slowly than that of surface temperature?

Answer 6

b/c water is highly mobile

Question 7

are variation in air temps greater over land or water

Answer 7

much greater over land

Question 8

what is specific heat

Answer 8

amount of heat needed to raise the temp of 1 gram of a substance by. 1 degree C

Question 9

what does cloud cover do

Answer 9

reduces daily temperature range

Question 10

what happens to annual temperature range w/ an increase in latitude

Answer 10

annual temp increases as well

Question 11

Kelvin scale melting point

Answer 11

273 K

Question 12

kelvin scale boiling pr

Answer 12

373 K

Question 13

heating degree days

Answer 13

each degree below 65 degrees counts as one heating degree day

Question 14

cooling degree days

Answer 14

each degree above 65 degrees counts as one

Question 15

growing degree days

Answer 15

used to estimate crop maturity

-deff b/w mean temp and base temp of the crop

Question 16

do the highest and lowest mean temperatures usually coincide with the max and min days of incoming solar radiation

Answer 16

NO