1.Define climatology- is the study of earths climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climatic changes 2.What factors does climate include in addition to average weather conditions? Temperature, precipitation, wind and other weather variables 3.Give two examples of how climatic data can be used. Climatic data can be used to indicate the warmest and coldest temperature recorded in an area and it can be used to compare the climate of different areas 4.Why must we exercise caution when using normal to predict weather? weather conditions on any given day might differ widely from normal and they only apply to a specific place 5.What factors cause climate? Latitude and Topographic effects, and air masses 6.Why are coastal areas cooler in the summer than inland areas? Water heats up and cools down more slowly than land 7.Describe the relationship between temperature and altitude. Effected by the
Earths tiltm effect show the suns ray hit
the earth 8.Figure 14-3 depicts what effect of orographic lifting that we discussed last Friday? (HINT: return to those notes!) Moist air on the windward side and dry air on the leeward side
Section 14.2 Climate Classification
1.Name the system used to classify climates. What factors does it consider? The koeppen classification syste; it uses temperature and precipitation 2.List the six main climate types. Tropical, dry, mild, continental, polar, and microclimates 3.What climate type do we live in? List its characteristics. Humid subtropical climate, which is affected by the high pressure systems found over oceans in the summer. It is made up of warm, muggy weather in the summer and cool, dry conditions in the winter 4.What is a microclimate? Give an example. A main localized climate that differs from the main regional climate; you experience this when you climb to the top of a mountain
5.What is the heat island effect and where
does it occur? It is where the climate is warmer than in surrounding rural areas; it mainly happens in areas with lots of concrete and asphalt Guiding Questions: Climate Notes