Climate and Weather Notes:
From Climate and Weather Power Point
Weather
Weather is all of the atmospheric _________________ that occur at a ________ place at a given
____________.
Weather conditions include _______________, ______________________________, humidity,
___________________, barometric pressure and ______________________.
Weather is the short __________ characteristics of the __________________.
Weather forecasts can change over a short ________________________ as a result in the changes in the
______________________.
Weather refers to the _________________ changes of the atmosphere above a ___________________
location.
Climate
The accumulation of __________ and ____________ weather events over a long ______________________.
Weather stations located across the globe collect data on an ongoing basis.
Weather ______________ allows us to see the climate picture of a ________________ location.
Weather and Climate Change
________________ is something we talk about daily and the changes to our climate is something that has
gone __________________ unnoticed over the past ______________.
It is known that the ___________ cycles through warming and _______________ periods.
Evidence of this _____________ is documented in ______________. (Ex. ________________)
Weather and climate have a huge impact on our daily lives.
How you dress, _______________________, where you live, ____________________, what you do,
______________________, primary industries, shaping of history, ect.
Climate Controls
The factors that _______________ climate in any given place - _________________________ are the same
that produce our ____________________ weather.
____ basic variables/controls
____ different factors
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A way to remember the
climate factors are:
LOWER Near Water
Climate Controls: Insolation
The equator receives direct _______________ and therefore temperatures are _______________.
As we move away from the ______________ the suns rays are less direct and are ______________________
a larger area.
_______________________ are a result.
Climate Controls: Elevation
Elevation ( ____________________) is the _______________ above sea level.
As elevation ____________________ temperature ____________________.
Heat energy from the sun is ______________ by the land, as you _____________ away from the heatradiating surface temperatures _________________.
Higher elevations have __________________________________. This contributes to the colder
temperatures.
Temperatures drop about _______ for every ___________ of altitude (Environmental ____________ rate).
The environmental lapse rate is the gradual _______________ in temperature that occurs as one
________________ a mountain.
_____________ with the amount of pollution and _____________________ in the air.
___________________ do occur regarding temperatures in high places.
It is possible for valleys to experience _______________ due to __________________ air.
Climate Controls: Proximity to Water Bodies
Water takes longer to _____________ and ______________ than land because it has the highest heat
capacity of any common substance.
It takes a great deal of ________________ to raise the temperature of ______________.
Water is _________________, therefore it absorbs ___________________.
___________________________: A set of atmospheric conditions (relatively mild ________________ and
relatively cool _______________) that results from __________________ to a large body of water.
__________________________: A set of atmospheric conditions that result in winters that are relatively
___________ and summers that are relatively ___________ due to the absence of large water bodies.
Draw the diagram for:
Land Breeze Circulation:
Sea Breeze Circulation:
Climate Controls: Ocean Currents:
The movement of ________________ from the _____________ towards the poles warms some shorelines,
cools others and ________________ precipitation ________________.
Ocean currents influence the climates of the regions _______________________________.
Currents flowing _________ of the polar regions are cold relative to the _____________ waters.
Currents flowing outward from the _______________ regions into the mid-latitudes are ___________.