Weather and Climate Flashcards
1
Q
What is Climate?
A
Weather patterns for a region.
1
Q
What is Radiant Energy?
A
Energy that travels space like the Sun’s energy traveling to Earth.
2
Q
What is Latitude?
A
Distance of a place north or south of the equator.
3
Q
What is Rotation?
A
Earth spinning on its axis that cause day and night.
4
Q
What is Orbit?
A
The Earth going in a sorta of path around the Sun.
5
Q
What is Convection Current?
A
The circular movement of fluids ( like air or water) caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the sinking of cooler, more dense fluids.
6
Q
What is Atmospheric Movements?
A
Hot AIR rises and cool AIR sinks creating circular convection currents.
7
Q
What is Ocean Currents?
A
Hot WATER rises and cool WATER sinks creating circular Ocean currents.
