chapter 4

Question 1

what causes climate?

Answer 1

trapping of heat in atmosphere, latitude, transport of heat through wind/ocean, precipitation

Question 2

what causes weather?

Answer 2

energy of incoming sunlight

Question 3

what happens to sunlight that hits our surface?

Answer 3

converted into heat and radiated back into atmosphere

Question 4

what are Earth’s three main climate zones?

Answer 4

polar, temperate, and tropical

Question 5

what are polar zones?

Answer 5

areas where sunlight reaches least

North and South Poles

Question 6

what are temperate zones?

Answer 6

areas between polar zones and tropical zone

Question 7

what is the tropical zone?

Answer 7

area that gets the most sunlight

near the equator between tropics of cancer/capricorn

Question 8

what is the main driver of wind and ocean currents?

Answer 8

unequal heating of Earth’s suurface

Question 9

how are wind currents caused?

Answer 9

warm air rises and cool air sinks

Question 10

how are ocean currents caused?

Answer 10

cold water sinks and flows parallel to ground until it gets to warmer areas and rises

Question 11

describe two ways in which heat is transported through the biosphere.

Answer 11

wind and air currents, etc