weather and climate Flashcards
climate change
1
Q
What is climate?
A
Climate is the general weather over a long period
2
Q
What is Rotation?
A
an object’s spinning motion about its own axis
3
Q
What is orbit?
A
a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one
4
Q
What is radiant energy?
A
Energy that travels through space
5
Q
Whats is latitude?
A
Distance of a place north or south of the equater
6
Q
What is convection current?
A
The circular movement of fluids like air or water caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the sinking of more dense fluid.
7
Q
What is a Atmospheric movement?
A
Sun heats the air and hot air rises and cool air sinks creating circular convection currents
8
Q
What are Ocean currents?
A
Sun heats the water and hot water rises and cool air sinks creating circular ocean currents.
