chapter 28.3

Question 1

what is the maritime climate

Answer 1

a climate that is strongly affected by an ocean

Question 2

continental climate

Answer 2

a climate that is not directly affected by an ocean

Question 3

sea breeze

Answer 3

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

Question 4

what is climate?

Answer 4

The long-term average of weather conditions

Question 5

What is weather?

Answer 5

the day to day weather conditions

Question 6

what are the five spheres?

Answer 6

• Atmosphere
• Cryosphere
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere

Question 7

what is the atmosphere?

Answer 7

the air around us

Question 8

what is the biosphere?

Answer 8

everything that is organic (living)

Question 9

what is the hydrosphere?

Answer 9

is liquid water

Question 10

what is the cryosphere?

Answer 10

is frozen water in snow,ice, and glaciers

Question 11

what is the lithosphere?

Answer 11

Earth’s outermost layer

Question 12

what is the primary factor influences climate at a given location?

Answer 12

latitude

Question 13

where is the solar radiation most intense?

Answer 13

equator

Question 14

at what degrees do the sun rays hit Earth’s surface at the tropic zone?

Answer 14

90 degrees

Question 15

at what degrees do the sun rays hit Earth’s surface at the temperate zone?

Answer 15

45 degrees

Question 16

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

Answer 16

30 degrees

Question 17

what zone are we located in?

Answer 17

temperate zone

Question 18

what other factors determine climate?

Answer 18

• precipitation
• mountains
• water

Question 19

what is the windward side like on a mountain range?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

what is it like on the leeward side of a mountain range?

Answer 20

warm and dry and little to no vegetation

Question 21

what is a land breeze?

Answer 21

where air from the land go to the water

Question 22

which climate zone and what type of vegetation does Lamar Colorado have?

Answer 22

warm semi- arid and grassland