Climate

Question 1

What is Mediterranean Climate?

Answer 1

• Hot dry summers
• Cool winter
• Not freezing cold

Question 2

What are the place that have Mediterranean Climate?

Answer 2

• Central Chile
• South West Africa
• S.W. Australia
• Southern CA

Question 3

What is Marine West Coast Climate?

Answer 3

• Cooler summers
• Cold winters
• Rainfall

Question 4

What is the location of the Marine West Coast Climate?

Answer 4

-Located in Pacific N.W.

Question 5

What is Continental Climate?

Answer 5

• Located in the middle of the country
• Not near ocean
• Extreme hot and cold

Question 6

What is the reason for the extreme weather for continental climate?

Answer 6

-Not near coast line to regulate the temperature

Question 7

What is an Air Mass?

Answer 7

-A body of air with the same temperature, moisture, and pressure throughout

Question 8

Where do air masses form?

Answer 8

• Continental = dry

- Maritime = moist

Question 9

What are the types of Air Masses?

Answer 9

• Arctic = Very Cold
• Polar = Cold
• Tropical = Warm

Question 10

What occurs when a Continental Polar air mass meets a Continental Tropical air mass?

Answer 10

• The cold air is denser which hugs the floor and causes the warm air to raise
• When air raises it cools and results in rain

Question 11

What occurs when a cold front meets a warm front and neither one is strong enough to replace the other?

Answer 11

• A stationary front

- -> boundary between the warm and cold front

Question 12

What is a occluded front?

Answer 12

-Is the formation of a cold front overtakes the warm front