Cold Environments 🥶 Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Cold Environment
A
Areas of land permanently covered by ice. The temperature is constantly below freezing.
2
Q
How does altitude affect Cold Environments
A
The further higher up you are the less heat from the ground reaches you.
3
Q
How does latitude affect cold environments.?
A
The further north or south from the equator you are the colder it is.
4
Q
How does contientallity affect cold environments?
A
The sea heats up the land and because that the area of land is not close to sea it becomes cold
5
Q
Name a cold environment?
A
Antartica, the artic, tundra, polar, mountain tops
