distance from the sea Flashcards
what is temperature rainfall influenced by?
how far a place is from the dea
places close to the sea
have hotter summers and cooler winters than places close to the sea.
the sea helps…
to cool coastal places in summer and warms them in winter.
land and oceans :
land is solid
oceans are liquid
solar radiation
solar radiation only heats the surface layer of solids. however, solar radiation can penetrate deep into water on the surface. this means that an ocean much greater volume of water is heated than just the surface
affect of the air above land and the sea
the air is either warmed or cooled by contact with the land or ocean beneath it. the temperature of the air is what we measure when we describe the temperature of a place
define extreme
the low or high end of a scale, far from the centre
minimum temperature
the lowest temperature recorded in a given time
how to calculate the average temperature
1) add all the amounts together
2) find the total
3) divide by the number of amounts
how to calculate the temperature range
the difference between the highest and lowest temperatures.
where can we calculate the average temperature?
- day
- month
- year