Concept 3: Weather

Question 1

Explain why the Earth has wind

Answer 1

The area of the earth near the equator gets the most solar radiation. Its unequally heated so it causes winds all around earth.

Question 2

explain why the earth has seasons

Answer 2

When the hemisphere is tilted
Towards the sun = Summer
Away from the sun= Winter
Neither towards or away from the sun = spring or autumn

Question 3

Identify the three main wind circulation patterns

Answer 3

Hadley cells
Ferrel cells
Polar cells

Question 4

Describe how the movement of air impacts rainfall

Answer 4

the air rises it makes low pressure that = makes rain.

Question 5

Explain why air masses round the Earth move at different speeds (towards/away)

Answer 5

Air masses that move towards the equator = fall behind
Air masses that move away from the equator = push ahead

Question 6

Compare how air circulates in each hemisphere (northern and southern)

Answer 6

Air deflects toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere

Question 7

Coriolis effect

Answer 7

Not every point at earth’s surface is traveling at the same speed. Something traveling a farther distance at the same in a short amount of time must be going faster(equator). Points near the poles of the earth are spinning slower than the regions near the equator.