Climate Flashcards
What do you call the average weather in the region over a number of years?
Climate
It is the height or distance from sea level?
Altitude
It is the north-south line that extends from the north pole to the South Pole
Longitude
It is the distance north or south of the equator
Latitude
To measure latitude distances from the equator, are mark off by circles called?
Parallels
It divides the earth into the northern and souther in hemisphere
Equator
What is more nearer to the sun? Is it the northern hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere?
Northern hemisphere
It measures in degrees north or south of the equator
Latitude
The earth is tilted how many degrees from its orbital plane, causing the uneven distribution of the suns heat
23.5°
I chose the average monthly temperature and amount of rain fall in one year it is a scale
Climatograph
Are causes an effect on the actual wind direction. This is called the?
Coriolis force
The coriolis force or effect is felt by all objects moving toward or away from the
Equator
the low pressure belts at the equator is
Doldrums belt
The high-pressure bell is at how many degrees
30°
The high pressure belts at 30° are called what
Horse latitudes or sub tropical hiGhs