Climate Flashcards

1
Q

What do you call the average weather in the region over a number of years?

A

Climate

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2
Q

It is the height or distance from sea level?

A

Altitude

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3
Q

It is the north-south line that extends from the north pole to the South Pole

A

Longitude

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4
Q

It is the distance north or south of the equator

A

Latitude

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5
Q

To measure latitude distances from the equator, are mark off by circles called?

A

Parallels

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6
Q

It divides the earth into the northern and souther in hemisphere

A

Equator

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7
Q

What is more nearer to the sun? Is it the northern hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere?

A

Northern hemisphere

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8
Q

It measures in degrees north or south of the equator

A

Latitude

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9
Q

The earth is tilted how many degrees from its orbital plane, causing the uneven distribution of the suns heat

A

23.5°

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10
Q

I chose the average monthly temperature and amount of rain fall in one year it is a scale

A

Climatograph

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11
Q

Are causes an effect on the actual wind direction. This is called the?

A

Coriolis force

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12
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The coriolis force or effect is felt by all objects moving toward or away from the

A

Equator

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13
Q

the low pressure belts at the equator is

A

Doldrums belt

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14
Q

The high-pressure bell is at how many degrees

A

30°

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15
Q

The high pressure belts at 30° are called what

A

Horse latitudes or sub tropical hiGhs

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16
Q

How many degrees are the low pressure belt

A

60°

17
Q

The low pressure belts at the 60° are called the

A

Sub polar lows

18
Q

What do you call the high pressure belts?

A

Polar highs

19
Q

What kind of climate that receives very little heat do to the suns slanted rays are the north and south poles

A

Polar climate