Coker Climate

Question 1

What is climate?

Answer 1

The average weather condition of an area over a long period of time

Question 2

What is the climate affected by?

Answer 2

Latitude, elevation, Orographic effect (mountain), Ocean currents, Proximity to water (Lake snow effect and El Nino)

Question 3

What is latitude?

Answer 3

It affects both temperature and moisture

Question 4

How does the latitude affect temperature?

Answer 4

The amount of insolation (energy) any location receives is determined by latitude

Question 5

What does low latitude cause?

Answer 5

It is closer to the equator and has a higher angle of insolation and warmer climate

Question 6

What does high latitude cause?

Answer 6

It is closer to the poles and has a lower angle of insolation and colder climate

Question 7

How does the latitude affect moisture?

Answer 7

Different latitudes receive different amounts of rainfall due to rising and sinking surface winds

Question 8

What does wet climate cause?

Answer 8

Surface winds converge and warm air rises and there are more cloud and rain

Question 9

What does dry climate cause?

Answer 9

Surface winds diverge and cold air strikes and there are clear skies

Question 10

What is elevation(altitude)

Answer 10

Height above water

Question 11

How does high and low elevation affect climate?

Answer 11

High elevation causes colder climate and lower elevation causes a warmer climate

Question 12

What is the orographic effect (mountains)?

Answer 12

When prevailing winds at the surface approach a mountain, air is forced up and the rising air cools and reaches the dew point and produces rain

Question 13

What are the windward side of the orographic effect (aka orographic lifting) and its climate?

Answer 13

Air rises and cools, water vapor condenses and there is a lot of rain the climate is cool temp and wet (precipitation)

Question 14

What are the leeward side (aka rain shadow) of the orographic effect and its climate?

Answer 14

Air sinks and warms, air has lost most of its water vapor and there is little rainfall. The climate is warm temperature and dry (no precipitation)

Question 15

What occurs when ocean currents are flowing from the equator?

Answer 15

it carries warm water to higher altitudes and these currents will warm coastal areas

Question 16

What occurs when ocean currents are flowing from the poles?

Answer 16

its carries cold water to the lower latitudes and these currents will cool coastal areas

Question 17

How does proximity (how close) to water affect climate?

Answer 17

Water can moderate the temperature on land and there is not as much change in temp from season to season

Question 18

What happens to the climate when the land is closer to water?

Answer 18

There are cooler summers and warmer winters because the ocean regulates the temperature of the regions

Question 19

What happens to the climate when the land is farther from the water?

Answer 19

There are warmer summers and colder winters because there is no water nearby to regulate the temperature

Question 20

What is the lake snow effect?

Answer 20

When continental polar mass (cP) passes over a warm body of water(lake) it picks up moisture and it deposits the moisture in the form of snow over land

Question 21

What is the el nino?

Answer 21

It basically switches the currents of the world or well the wind and idrc rn so imma let u edit this in the future gl lmao ahahahahaahahahaha