Physical Geography Flashcards
Explain relief precipitation
Due to the slope of the mountain, moist air will rise up it. this causes the air to expand making the amount of the evaporation decrease, while the amount of condensation increases. when the water droplets being carried up get too heavy, rain will occur, and the dry air of the mountain will push the clouds away
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is the day today characterization of atmospheric conditions.
Climate is the long term pattern of weather
Explain convectional precipitation
The sun begins to heat the ground causing a large amount of warm air to rise. as the air rises, it begins to cool, creating cloud from the condensed water vapour. This causes large clouds to form meaning a very large rainfall begins
Explain cyclonic precipitation
It begins when an area of cold air meets an area of warm air. since warm air rises, it’s forced over top of the other air. this makes the area where the two temperatures meet begin to cool, making condensed water vapour. this causes clouds to form making rain occur.
Climograph
A graphical representation of basic climatic parameters, that is monthly average temperature and precipitation.
What is soil made up of
Minerals/rocks, bacteria and organic materials, air, and moisture
What is loam
A type of soil best for growing plants, made out of sand, silt, clay, and humus
What is continental drift
A theory proposed by Alfred Wegener, which said that all continents were once connected
What was Wegner’s proof
Continents fit together like puzzle pieces
Matching rock for missions and mountain chains in south America and Africa
Similar plants animals and fossils found on different continents
Lines of volcanic activity writing the Pacific and Atlantic separating continents
