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Flashcards by Mahir As sami Uddin, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Mahir As sami Uddin
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
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| What is weather? | The day to day conditions of atmosphere. |
| What is humidity? | Moisture in air. |
| What is precipitation? | Moisture that reaches the earth's atmosphere |
| What is atmospheric pressure? | The weight of the air pressure pressing down on the earth's surface. |
| How does atmospheric pressure affect weather in detail? | It changes the location of the high and low pressure system |
| What is climate? | Climate is the average weather expereinced over many years. |
| What is the difference between weather and climate? | Weather is the day to day condition while climate is the long term weather pattern. |
| What are the factors affecting temperature? | -Latitude -Seasonal differences -Aspect -Altitude |
| How does latitude affect temperatures? | Average temperature are lower at higher latitudes. |
| What are the prevailing winds? | The direction from which the wind blows the most. |
| What are ocean currents? | Temp at ocean current also influences both temp and rainfall. |
| What are mountain barriers? | Act as barriers to the movement of air. |
| What are the three broad zones of climatic differences? | -Cool and dry or wet -Moderate temp -Hot and dry or wet or seasonaly wet |
| What is aspect? | The direction in which a feature faces is known as its aspect. |
| What are the factors affecting temp and rainfall? | -Prevailing winds -Distance from the sea -Ocean currents -Mountain barriers |
| What are seasonal differences? | The angle at which the earth tilts as it revolves around the sun |
| What influences seasonal differences? | -angle at which sun's rays reach the earth -the changing seasons -number of daylight hours |
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