Weather and Climate

Question 1

What is climate?

Answer 1

Prevailing weather patterns for a particular region.

Question 2

What is Radiant Energy?

Answer 2

Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light or ultraviolet and heat radiation.

Question 3

What is Latitude?

Answer 3

Geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on Earth’s surface.

Question 4

What is Rotation?

Answer 4

Spin on axis or the spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day or night to occur.

Question 5

What is Orbit?

Answer 5

Curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star

Question 6

What is Convection Current?

Answer 6

A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, more dense fluid.

Question 7

What is Atmospheric Movement?

Answer 7

Global air circulation patterns within the atmosphere that are held to Earth by gravity and warmed as heat radiates from Earth.

Question 8

What are Ocean Currents?

Answer 8

Surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface.