if coming from oceans can bring considerable moisture to an area
How do prevailing winds affect climate?
Mountains act as a barrier to prevailing winds and create a wet, lush side of a mountain range and a dry opposite side of the mountain range
How do mountains ranges affect climate?
Ocean currents can bring moisture to a region and help moderate coastal climates
How do ocean currents affect climate?
A sea and land breeze over a large region that
changes direction with the season and carries tremendous moisture in the
Warm air rises because it is less dense, cold air sinks because it is more dense
Explain why warm air rises and cold air sinks.
In the summer the Northern hemisphere receives direct sunlight and has longer hours of daylight
Explain what causes summer in the Northern hemisphere?
the time of year when the earth's axis is not pointed toward or away from the sun
what causes equinoxes
As altitude increases, temperature decreases because the atmosphere is less dense.
How does altitude/elevation affect temperature?
As elevation increases, the density of the atmosphere decreases.
How does elevation affect the density of the atmosphere?
The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation,
winds, and cloud in an area are known as
Temperature and precipitation and vegetation
Köppen's climate system classifies climates by what 3 factors?
The climate zone lying between 23.5° and 66.5° north and south latitude
is called the ______________ zone
what side gets the prevailing winds carrying moisture from the ocean
and receives a great deal of moisture.
When the wind crosses over to the
what side of the mountain, the air is much drier and receives
Windward side gets the prevailing winds carrying moisture from the ocean and receives a great deal of moisture. When the wind crosses over to the other (leeward) side of the mountain, the air is much drier and receives little precipitation.
What is the difference between the leeward and windward side of a
mountain (think in terms of precipitation)?
The ___________ Hemisphere receives fewer direct rays from the sun in January than in July.
Because Earth's axis is _______, the hemispheres receive
different amounts of solar energy at different times.
A cool type of climate called ________ is found at
the tops of mountains and is surrounded by other climate regions.
Streams of water called ocean ________ move warm or cold water, warming or cooling the nearby land.
on windward side of a mountain range at a low pressure belt and on a coast. It will be an area of high precipitation and high heat and humidity. It is also in the tropical zone.
describe bottom left corner of the US on windward side of mountain!
Prevailing winds are dry for one and not for the other
what would cause to isolated points in the US to be a desert, and one not?
steppe or semiarid
Short grasses and low bushes grow in location C. What climate region is