Factors Affecting Temperature

Question 1

What factors affect temperature?

Answer 1

Latitude
Aspect
Relief
And distance from sea

Question 2

How does aspect affect temp

Answer 2

Aspect is the direction the land faces, in the northern hemisphere south facing slopes recieve more sunshine and are warmer, they are more protected from cold northernly winds

Question 3

How does relief affect temp

Answer 3

Relief is the height and shape of the land, every 100m in height the temp drops by 1•C

Question 4

How does distance from sea affect temperature

Answer 4

During winter it is warmer along the west of the U.K. As the ocean stores heat

Question 5

How does latitude affect temp

Answer 5

Temperatures drop the further an area is from the equator due to the curvature of the earth