Local Temperature Variation
INSOLATION
_____________________ _______________________ ________________________
-The amount of ______________ __________________ reaching a given _________.
______________ of Insolation
- changes with the __________ of insolation
- ______ = ________ concentrated source angle
- ________ angles = ___________ energy reaches Earth’s surface
Intensity of Insolation changes based on four factors:
1. _____________________
a. Sun’s rays are highest at _______.
b. Warmest time of the day is the ________________ because the atmosphere is
________________ more heat than it is _______________.
c. Coldest hour of the day is about __________ before ___________ because of
the lack of heat received from __________________ during _____________.
2. _________________
a. Sun’s rays strike the Earth from ______ to ______.
i. _______________ = _______ angles = ______ climates
ii. _______________ = _______ angles = ______ climates
3. ________________________
a. ___________ latitudes gen near _____________ rays in the ___________ and
less vertical during the ____________.
i. ______________ = _________
ii. ______________ = _________
b. Strongest sunlight is ________ ____
i. Warmest month is _______
c. Weakest sunlight is _______________ ____
i. Coldest month is ____________
d. **Everything reversed in the _____________ Hemisphere.
4. __________________________
a. Regulates the amount of insolation being ______________, _______________,
or scattered back to space.
b. Clear _______ = more insolation reaching the __________.
c. Clear __________ = more radiation escaping to ___________.
Heating of Land and Water
Land
-warms and cools ____________ than water.
Water
-warms and cools ______________ than land.
-only the top few _____ of soil heated.
-insolation spread through great depths
requiring ________ energy to heat.
-_____________ during the ______;
___________ at __________
-_______________ at ___________;
______________ during the ______
- ___________ during the _________ months.
-_____________ during the ____________.
-some energy used for __________________
so there is ________ used for heating.
-spreads heat through __________________.
Specific Heat
The amount of ________ needed to raise ____________ of a substance by _________.
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specific heat of water is _________ times ___________ than the specific heat of land.
the ___________ the specific heat the ___________ the temperature change.
Sea Breeze
Land Breeze
****Breeze are named by where they come from.****
Valley Breeze
Mountain Breeze
___________________ - _________ on a map that separate _______________ ________ by
connecting places that have the ________ temperatures.