climate test

Question 1

key term : weather

Answer 1

temporary atmosphere condition at a particular location

Question 2

key term : climate

Answer 2

long term pattern of weather in a particular are

Question 3

key term : climate change

Answer 3

long-term shifts in weather patterns; can be natural or human caused

Question 4

key term : phenology

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studying of the timing of cyclical or seasonal biological events that are influenced by climate

Question 5

key term : climatographs/climatograms/ climographs

Answer 5

a graph of a temperature and precipitation data for a particular location

Question 6

key term : dendroclimatology

Answer 6

the science of determining past climate from tree rings

Question 7

key term : atmosphere

Answer 7

layer of gas that surround the earth

Question 8

key term : troposphere

Answer 8

lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs

Question 9

key term : air masses

Answer 9

large volumes of air in the troposphere with uniform/consistent characteristics

Question 10

key term : continental (c)

Answer 10

dry, over large land massses

Question 11

key term : marine/maritime (m)

Answer 11

moist, form over ocean

Question 12

key term : arctic (A)

Answer 12

very cold, for over artic/antartic circles

Question 13

key term : polar (P)

Answer 13

cold, form in high latitude regions

Question 14

key term : tropical (T)

Answer 14

warm, form in low latitude regions

Question 15

key term : Equatorial (E)

Answer 15

very warm, form near equator

Question 16

key term : front

Answer 16

tranisition zone where different air masses meet

Question 17

key term : cold front

Answer 17

incoming cold air (warm air rises quickly and result in heavy precipitation)

Question 18

key term : warm front

Answer 18

incoming warm air (warm in rises slowly and results in moderate, steady precipitation

Question 19

key term : insolation

Answer 19

that amount of solar radiation received by an area

Question 20

key term : albedo

Answer 20

the % of radiation that is reflected by a surface

Question 21

key term : heat capacity

Answer 21

the magnitude of temperature increase

Question 22

key term : elevation

Answer 22

distance above sea level

Question 23

key term : orographic effect

Answer 23

forced movement of air over a mountain resulting in differences in weather on opposite sides of the mountain

Question 24

key term : windward side

Answer 24

side of mountain that faces the wind, air rises to go over mountain

Question 25

key term : leeward side

Answer 25

the side of mountain that doesn’t face the wind

Question 26

key term : heat source

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large bodies of water - release energy and are warmer then land

Question 27

key term : heat sink

Answer 27

large bodies of water - absorbs energy and cooler then land

Question 28

land breeze

Answer 28

night time winds that blow from land to water

Question 29

sea breeze

Answer 29

daytimes winds that blow from water to wind

Question 30

key term : lake snow effect

Answer 30

snow produced when cold air passes over a warm lake in the winter

Question 31

key term : climate zones

Answer 31

area of earth with distinct climates

Question 32

key term : tropical

Answer 32

zone A - constant war mtempatures (0ver 18)

Question 33

key term : Arid

Answer 33

zone B - low precipitation

Question 34

key term : temprate

Answer 34

mild annual tempatures year round (over 0)

Question 35

key term : continental

Answer 35

hot summers + cold winters

Question 36

key term : polar

Answer 36

constant cold temperature (under 10)

Question 37

meteorologist

Answer 37

studies weather

Question 38

climatologist

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averge 30+ years of climate data

Question 39

paleoclimatologist

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reconstructs climate data from other sources (ex. tree rings, ice and coral reefs)

Question 40

Robert marsham

Answer 40

english scientist that first recorded “signs of spring” in 1736

Question 41

wladimir köppen and rudolf geiger

Answer 41

developed the Koppen-Geiger climate classification, most commonly and widely used