term 3 Flashcards
What is celsuis measured with?
With a thermometer
What is air pressure measured with and what is its measurement?
It’s measured by a barometer and is measured by millibars.
What is the measurement for wind speed and what is measured by?
Miles Per Hour and measured by anemometer.
The measurement for snow is centimeters but what is it measured by?
Snow gauge
Rain is measured by a rain gauge but what is the measurement for it?
Millimeters
Is longitude vertical?
True
Is latitude horizontal?
True
Countries near the equator is warmer and humid.
True because the sun’s rays travel less there.
Is the Greenwich Merdidian at 0° longitude?
True
Is the equator 0° latitude?
True
North Pole is 90° N
True
Arctic circle 66.5° N
True
Tropic of Cancer 23.5° N
true
Tropic of Capricorn 23.5° S
True
Antarctic Circle 66.5° S
True
South pole 90° S
True
What are other influences on temperation variation?
altitude
ocean currents
prevailing winds
distance from the sea
Frontal rain
warm moisture laden air from the south meets cold air from the north and form the warm from when it cools it creates precipitation
relief rain
onshore moisture winds rises and the air cools down water vapour condenses to form clouds when it cools it leads to precipitation
convectional rain fall
warm air rises then the ait cools down as it cools it creates precipitation
high pressure weather
high pressure is when the air is pressing down on us frost during winter anti cyclone sunny dew colder in winter because clousds arent keeping the warmth in. warmer in summer because clouds aren’t covering the sky
low pressure weather
low pressur is when the air is rising depression when the wearher is rainy/depressing /cloudy /windy
air masses
air masees from the south are warmer air masses from the north are colder
climate graphs/how to draw a inter pret
the axis is the month the right y axis is the temperature and the left y axis is the precipitation
