Climate Flashcards
What’s condensation?
When gas turns into a liquid.
What’s weather?
▪️Day to day
▪️What we get, and what we see
▪️Short term patterns in day to day lives
What’s climate?
▪️Long term patterns
▪️What we expect
▪️General regions
What’s LOWERN?
Latitude Ocean Currents Winds and Air Masses Elevation Relief Near Water- continental climate, maritime climate
Water is ________
Recycled
What are the three precipitations?
- Relief
- Convectional
- Cyclonic
What’s convectional precipitation?
When the ground heats up and it’s a major thunderstorm.
What’s cyclonic precipitation?
Cold air is going right, hits warm air. Makes the air go up, and then it rain. Vice versa for warm air.
What’s relief precipitation?
Warm, moist air travels up the windward slope then rains on the leeward slope.
Less than an average of 25°C is what?
Maritime
More than an average of 25°C is what?
Continental
What are the winter and summer months?
Winter: October-March
Summer: April-September
Less than 1000mm of precipitation is what?
Continental
More than 1000mm of precipitation is what?
Maritime
What’s evaporation?
When the water turns from a liquid into gas.