Climate factors & graphs

Question 1

How can weather be described with?

Answer 1

percipitation, temperature, wind & sky conditions

Question 2

what is air tempurature?

Answer 2

(self explanatory)

Question 3

What is percipitation?

Answer 3

rain, sleet, hail & snow

Question 4

what is wind speed?

Answer 4

(self explanatory)

Question 5

What is air pressure & humity?

Answer 5

How moist the air & humid the air is

Question 6

What is climate?

Answer 6

the average weather conditions in a place overtime

• seasonal temperatures
• average yearly perception
• special weather events ( tornadoes & floods)

Question 7

What does LOWERN stand for?

Answer 7

Latitude
Ocean
Winds & air masses
Elevation
Relief
Nearness to bodies of water

Question 8

What are the three different ocean currents?

Answer 8

Labarador current - cold

Alaska current - Warm

Gulf stream - Warm

Question 9

What influence air masses?

Answer 9

jet streams between 300 - 400 kmph

Question 10

What is the leading edge of a airmass called?

Answer 10

the leading edge of a airmass is called the front

Question 11

What happenes when fronts of two or more air masses meet?

Answer 11

they do not mix

Question 12

Where are the frontal/ cyclonic percipitation most common?

Answer 12

southern provinces

ontario
quebec

Question 13

What is convential percipitation?

Answer 13

often occuring on hot summer afternoons & evenings

much humid in the air, causing rain

Question 14

What is elevation?

Answer 14

the higher you go up the colder it gets

Question 15

What is relief?

Answer 15

affects patterns of precipitation

caused by air rising and cooling down, forming rain

Question 16

What affect do water bodies have on land?

Answer 16

Have a moderating effect on land,

in winters, waters are warmer than land

in summer winds blown over water bodies keep costal areas cool

Water bodies are a heat sink during summers

and heat source during winters