chapter 28.3 Flashcards
what is a climate that is strongly affected by an ocean?
Maritime climate
what is a climate that is not directly affected by an ocean?
continental climate
what do you call a blow from over the water toward land in the afternoon , when the land is warmer than the water?
sea breeze
what is climate?
long term average of weather conditions
what is weather?
day to day outside condition
what are the five sphere that make up the Earth’s system?
atmosphere biosphere hydrosphere lithosphere cryosphere
what is the atmosphere?
the air around us
what is the biosphere?
everything organic
what is the hydrosphere?
liquid water
what is the cryosphere?
frozen water in snow ice and glaciers
what is the lithosphere?
earth’s outermost layer
what is the primary factor that influences climate that it’s given location?
Latitude
at which locating does earth receive the most solar radiation ?
Equator
at what degrees does the sun hit Earth of the tropical side?
90 degrees
at what degrees does the sun rays hit earth’s surface in the temperate zone?
45 degrees
at what degrees do sun rays hit earth’s polar zones?
30 degrees
what zone is Colorado in?
temperate
what are other factors the determine climate
Mountains
precipitation
water
what is it like in the windward side of a mountain?
air are cool and wet and there is a lot of vegetation
what is it like on the leeward side of a mountain?
air is warm and dry little to no vegetation
what is land breeze?
air blow toward land and water and happens at night
in Lamar CO what climate zone and what type of vegetation?
warm (semi-arid)
grassland
