Map and Globes and Climate

The earth's axis tilts at...away from the perpendicular.

Climate are the atmospheric conditions of a particular place and time, they change daily.

The sun rises in the west.

Temperatures increase with an increase in latitude.

The earth rotates in an orbit around the sun.

Land heats up faster and cools down faster that water because it is transparent.

Cape Town is located in the Temperate Coastal climate region.

A winter solstice is when the axis is tilted most towards the sun.

The summer solstice is when we have the longest day.

If a places maximum temperature is 26°C and the minimum temperature is 14°C. The temperature range is...

When water vapour changes to water it is called...

The higher up you go the less water vapour, dust, carbon dioxide there is.

Land surfaces heat up quicker than sea surfaces because the sea reflects much of the suns energy.

The rotation of the earth causes ... and...

Land surfaces heat up quicker than sea surfaces because the sea is constantly in motion.

Forced rise of air up a mountain leads to orographic rainfall.

Air pressure is measured in...

North facing slopes in the southern hemisphere usually recieve the most sunlight.

For every 100m increase in altitude there is a decrease of 0.65°C in temperature.

The warm Benguela current flows along the east coast of South Africa

If a places maximum temperature is 26°C and the minimum temperature is 14°C. The average temperture is...

Rays at a oblique angle to the earth are more concentrated than rays that are perpendicular to it.

The equator is the ....line of latitude

Hail is a form of precipitation.

Places to the east experiences experiences a later time

The Himalayas block cold wind from entering India

The sea moderates temperature.

Lines of latitude are also called...

The sea moderates temperature

The earth's axis is tilted at 66.5° to the

The wettest places on the planet are close to the equator.

The earth rotates through ....in 24 hours

Lines of latitudes are east and west of the equator

Precipitation is anything falling from the atmosphere.

The days are longer in winter

The earth is .... so only half the planet is illuminated at a time.

The following instrument measures wind speed:

The Earth's axis is always perpendicular to its previous position.

Places close to the sea have large temperature ranges.

The International Date Line is ...

Closer to the poles the sun's rays are spread over a larger area.

The side of the mountain where no orographic rain falls is called the ...

The higher you go up in the atmosphere the hotter it gets.

The earth revolves around the...

The earth's atmosphere is heated by...

The earth revolves on its axis.

The tropic of capricorn is at ...

At the equator the sun's rays have to pass through less atmosphere therefore there is less chance for it to be...

Lines of longitudes are also used to calculate time zones.

The summer solstice in the southern hemisphere is

The mean annual temperature is...

The side of the mountain where the rainfall is coming from is known as the windaward side.

The Rocky and Applachian mountains block cold air from entering the USA.

Places closer to warm currents are more likely to experience rainfall.

The short wave radiation coming in from the sun is called...

The earth's axis is an imaginary line joining...

Sea surfaces are cooler than land surfaces because evaporation cools it down.

An equinox is