CLIMATE

Question 1

Weather vs climate

Answer 1

Weather = day to day
Climate = over a long period of time

Question 2

Frontal precipitation

Answer 2

When a warm and cold front hit each other, warm rises and falls as percip

Question 3

Convection precipitation

Answer 3

When 2 warm fronts hit each other they both rise and fall as percip

Question 4

Relief precipitation (western cordillera)

Answer 4

Hot moist air from the Pacific rises over the mountain, cools at the top and falls as percip

Question 5

Continental vs maritime

Answer 5

Continental = far from water 
Maritime = near water

Question 6

Latitude

Answer 6

The location of an area relative to the equator

Question 7

Ocean Currents

Answer 7

The temp of an ocean current effects the temp of the air above it

Question 8

Wind + Air Masses

Answer 8

An air masses temp and moisture depend on where it is created (over land, on water, cold, warm)

Question 9

Elevation (BC)

Answer 9

Higher = cooler because air can’t hold heat when it expands at high altitude due to low air pressure

Question 10

Relief (BC)

Answer 10

One side of the mountain (west / windward) is hit by moist warm air so receives cool percip FIX

Question 11

Near Water

Answer 11

Near water = low temp range and high percip

Far from water = high temp range and low percip