Factors that Affect Climate

Question 1

What is weather?

Answer 1

The condition of the atmoshpere at any given time. ( what you see out of your window)

Question 2

What is climate?

Answer 2

Daily weather conditions of a place over a long period of time (weather averaged over a period of time)

Question 3

Maritime climates are:

Answer 3

Areas that are close to oceans or large seas located on the coast of a land mass (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, BC)

Question 4

Contintental climates are:

Answer 4

Far from oceans and large seas, located in the interior of a large land mass (Saskatchewan, Manitoba)

Question 5

What are the 6 factors that determine climate?

Answer 5

Latitude, Ocean currents, Winds and air masses, Elevation, Releif, Near water (LOWERN)

Question 6

Why is it that when you get closer to the equator its warmer rather then farther? What is this called?

Answer 6

Due to the curvature of the earth, the suns rays hit the part of the globe that sticks out first and more concentrated, and spreads out as the globe moves back. (This is called latitude)

Question 7

What can warmer air hold more of?

Answer 7

Moisture

Question 8

What is an ocean current?

Answer 8

A river within the ocean water that can be warmer or cooler then the part of the ocean its in (if its from the south=warmer, if its from the north=cooler)

Question 9

What can an ocean current affect?

Answer 9

the temperature of the current can affect the air and weather (fog) above.

Question 10

An air mass is :

Answer 10

A large volume of air that takes on the climate conditions of the area it came from

Question 11

An air mass formed over water is :

Answer 11

Moist and humid

Question 12

An air mass formed over land is :

Answer 12

Dry

Question 13

Established patterns of air masses are :

Answer 13

Prevailing winds

Question 14

Most our prevailing winds come from the west, what are these called?

Answer 14

Westerlies

Question 15

Westerlies are controlled by a ‘jet stream’ what is a jet stream!

Answer 15

A current of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere

Question 16

Where is it colder in a jet stream?

Answer 16

North of the jet stream is colder then the south

Question 17

What happens when a jet stream moves northward in the summer?

Answer 17

we get warmer weather because it comes from closer to the equator and in the winter we get the opposite affect

Question 18

what are the full names of cA, cT, mP, mT

Answer 18

Continental Arctic, continental Tropic, maritime Polar, maritime Tropic

Question 19

What happens to the temperature when you get more elevated?

Answer 19

It decreases about 1 degree celsius per 100m up.

Question 20

What is elevation?

Answer 20

Altitude above ground

Question 21

What happens to air as it rises?

Answer 21

It expands due to the decrease in air pressure, resulting in less oxygen

Question 22

What is relief?

Answer 22

As air is forced over mountain barriers, it cools and creates precipitation

Question 23

What is the moderating affect and how does it affect the maritime regions’ seasons?

Answer 23

In the summer, the body of water is still cooler from the winter, when the wind blows over the water it matches the temperature of the water thus becoming cooler, the opposite affect happens in the winter ( creating warmer winers ).

Question 24

What does the temperature look like when you get farther from water?

Answer 24

The temperature range is greater since there is no water to influence the temperature. (resulting in hot summers and cold winters).

Question 25

How do urban areas effect temperature?

Answer 25

The areas near large cities have higher temperatures have higher temperatures because the pavement, cars and buildings absorb and reradiate more of the suns energy the natural areas.