Climate

Question 1

what is climate?

Answer 1

the average conditions mentions in a region over a long period of time (30 years)

Question 2

what is weather?

Answer 2

is the conditions of temperature, air, pressure, cloud cover, precipitation, and humidity that occur at a particular place and time

Question 3

what are the three interactions components of the biosphere?

Answer 3

1. atmosphere
2. lithosphere
3. hydrosphere

Question 4

what are the componets of the atmosphere?

Answer 4

1. troposphere
2. stratosphere
3. mesosphere
4. thermosphere

Question 5

what is the atmosphere?

Answer 5

keeps us warm. without our atmosphere we would be at -45*C and raindrops could slice through us.

Question 6

percentage of our atmosphere?

Answer 6

78.08% nitrogen
20.95% oxygen
0.9% argon
0.04% CO2

Question 7

what is the lithosphere?

Answer 7

solid portion of earth,
extends from earths surface to about 100km below

Question 8

what is the hydrosphere?

Answer 8

water portion of earth,
includes all oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, clouds, precipitation, snow, polar, ice caps, etc.

Question 9

what is the altitude and temperature?

Answer 9

higher altitude tend to be cooler on average