Chapter 2 Flashcards
Weather vs Climate
Climate: what you expect
-long term average of daily weather
Weather: what you get
-day to day conditions depending on atmospheric processes
What two main factors determine a regions climate
1) rainfall
2) temperature
Climographs
graphic representations of climate types in an area
monthly and anuual precipitation
monthly high and low average of temperature
insolation
incoming solar radiation
why do we have seasons
earths axis is tilted causing the sun angle to change as the earth revolves around the sun throughout the year
solar intensity varies by….
latitude
Land and water interactions
water bodies heat and cools more slowly than land
cause of climate change
emission of co2 from fossil fuel (coal, oil, natural gas) and land cover change
Geology
the study of solid earth
greenhouse effect
the natural process of lowering atmospheric heating from the trapping od incoming and reradiating solar energy from water moisture, clouds, and other atomospheric gases
bioregion
a spatial unit or region of local animals and plants that have adapted to a specfici environment such as tropical savana
anthropogenic
adjective for human cause change to the natural system; the atmospheric emissions form cars, industry, and agriculture that causes climate change
What are the 6 main climate types?
according to koppen climate system based on temperature, precipitation and seasonality,
A. wet climate
B. dry climate
C. mild mid latitude climate
D. continental mid latitude climate
E. Polar climate
F. High Land
Most of the world’s dessert is in
northern africa
where does hawaii get its energy from
15% coal production; remaining from renewable resources such as wind; geothermal
