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Climate Test Review

Climate Test Review. 1,2,3 JUMP!. 1,2,3 JUMP! A = arms up B = Backwards C = Crossed arms D = Down . 1,2,3 JUMP!. C. When determining a region’s climate, the two main variables considered are the average barometric pressure and the average precipitation.

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Climate Test Review

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  1. Climate Test Review 1,2,3 JUMP!

  2. 1,2,3 JUMP! A = arms up B = Backwards C = Crossed arms D = Down

  3. 1,2,3 JUMP! C When determining a region’s climate, the two main variables considered are the average • barometric pressure and the average precipitation. • air temperature and the size of the region. • precipitation and average air temperature. • wind speed and the types of animals present.

  4. 1, 2, 3, JUMP! C • Why are the tropical climate zones consistently warmer that other climate zones? • Some surfaces on Earth heat faster than others. • Some surfaces on Earth retain more heat. • The Sun’s energy hits at the equator at a more direct angle. • There are times during the year when the Earth is closer to the Sun. • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down

  5. B • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down Understanding the climate for a typical region allows a person to • forecast the daily chance of precipitation. • appropriately pack luggage for a month long vacation. • accurately predict the daily weather weeks in advance. • know the daily high temperature for the next several days.

  6. A • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down Which of the following has the MOST influence on a region’s climate? • Latitude • Humans • Winds • Vegetation

  7. 1, 2, 3, JUMP! B • On the leeward side of a rain shadow, what type of climate is expected? • Tropical • Desert • Windy and rainy • Cold and snowy • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down

  8. #1 Two variables that determine a region’s climate? • Temperature • Precipitation • These two variables vary by LATITUDE!

  9. #2 • Latitude - #1! • Topography • Ex – mountains • Important in NV = Rain shadow • Global wind patterns • Large bodies of water • Humans

  10. Study Guide #2 Latitude # 1 factor that influences climate is _______.

  11. #2 Rain Shadow Effect: Leeward Windward 1. Water evaporates from the Pacific Ocean and flows over California. 2. Continues and rises up and cools over the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 3. Precipitates out moisture on the WEST (WINDWARD) side of mountains. 4. Only DRY air continues to EAST (LEEWARD) side of mountain & throughout Southern Nevada.

  12. #3 Greenhouse Gases • Gases that hold on to or absorb energy • Responsible for regulating the temperatures in the atmosphere • Earth's most abundant greenhouse gases in order : • 1. Water vapor H20 (Naturally occuring on Earth) • 2. Carbon dioxide CO2 • 3. Methane CH4 • 4. Nitrous oxide NO2

  13. Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change Greenhouse EffectGreenhouse gases Brainpop • Earth scientists are concerned about the increasing trend in the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere because it is a greenhouse gas, and could increase the atmospheric temperature.

  14. Illustrate & describe how Earth’s atmosphere acts like a greenhouse.

  15. A 1, 2, 3, JUMP! • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down Climate is the average of an area’s • temperature and precipitation over a long period of time. • precipitation and humidity over a long period of time. • precipitationand humidity over a short period of time. • temperature and precipitation over a short period of time.

  16. C 1, 2, 3, JUMP! • Which climate zone has the highest average precipitation? • Polar • Desert • Tropical • Temperate • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down

  17. D 1, 2, 3, JUMP! • In what way do temperate deserts and tropical deserts differ? Temperate deserts • get more extreme summers than tropical deserts. • experience lower temperatures than tropical deserts. • experience higher temperatures than tropical deserts. • get less precipitation than tropical deserts. • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down

  18. D 1, 2, 3, JUMP! • Deforestation and construction create the heat island effect by all EXCEPT by • increasing energy radiated from buildings. • human created heat from cars, residents and industry (businesses). • cutting down trees and having less shade. • reducing the amount of food we can eat. • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down

  19. C Based on the average temperatures, which two areas have the most similar climates? • Sydney and London • Sydney and Vostok • New York and London • Vostokand New York A B • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down

  20. A Which of the following DOES NOT explain why fencing grasslands is not a way humans affect climate? • Fencing grasslands limits areas where livestock can graze. • Unlike deforestation, it does not put carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. • Burning fossil fuels creates greenhouse gasses, and fencing grasslands does not. • When new buildings are constructed, a heat island effect can be created, but fencing grasslands leaves open vegetation. • A = Arms up • B = Backwards • C = Crossed arms • D = Down

  21. Incoming Solar Radiation A The diagram above supports which of the following statements about climate? • The Sun’s rays hit the surface at varied angles, which results in consistently higher temperatures in the tropics. • Different surfaces warm at different rates, creating different climate zones. • Different surfaces retain energy differently, creating different climate zones. • The Sun is farther from Earth during the winter, which results in colder temperatures in the polar regions.

  22. #4

  23. #6 Urban Heat-Island Effect Little vegetation or evaporation causes cities to remain warmer than the surrounding countryside.

  24. #6Urban Heat-Island Diagram

  25. #7 Coriolis Effect • Everything is moving – including Earth, so… Wind DOES NOT travel in a straight line. • Deflect to the right in N.H. • Deflect to the left in S.H. • Coriolis Effect • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mec3vgeaI

  26. #5,#8 Climate zones: Latitude , distance from the equator! Polar Temperate Tropical Temperate Polar

  27. #5, #8 • The solar radiation reaches the ground at different parts of the earth with different angles • http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion1/animations/seasons_ecliptic.html

  28. Extras

  29. Climate Change • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py1dEFKuJJU • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVkfh89iyeU

  30. Uneven heating of the Earth • http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion1/animations/seasons_ecliptic.html • http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm • http://www.meteoblue.com/en/content/438 • http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_define.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBqohRu2RRk

  31. Seasons • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_8Jm5pTLk

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