Recap Climate

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Recap 3.1 - 3.4

What is the difference between climate and weather?

What does the red line mean?

1. Precipitaion
2. Location
3. Temperature
4. Celcius degrees

Why is it colder at the poles than around the equator?

1. Here is the North pole
2. Sun's rays travel short distance
3. Sun's rays travel long distance
4. Because of the seasons

What does the small f stand for in the climate classification?

1. dry
2. warm
3. cold
4. wet

What does the big A stand for in the climate classification?

1. Arid
2. Polar
3. Tropical
4. Temperate

What letters belong to this picture?

Name the 4 weather characteristics

What does transpiration mean?

What difference is there if you look at the Dutch climate: North vs South

1. Precipitation
2. Temperature
3. Vegetation
4. Cloud cover

What difference is there if you look at the Dutch climate: East vs West

1. Precipitation
2. Temperature
3. Vegetation
4. Cloud cover

Climate zone with moderate temperatures and precipitation throughout the year:

1. Desert climate
2. Continental climate
3. Mediterranean climate
4. Maritime climate

What side is the Leeward side?

1. Dry side a mountain
2. Wet side of a mountain
3. Left side of a mountain
4. Right side of a mountain

Where is the Tropic of Cancer?

1. Northern boundary
2. Southern boundary

What is a characteristic of the landscape at the ITCZ?

Rainfall caused by incoming solar radiation:

1. Frontal rainfall
2. Orographic rainfall
3. Convectional rainfall