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WEATHER AND CLIMATE :smiley: - Coggle Diagram
WEATHER AND CLIMATE :smiley:
INSTRUMENTS
RAIN GAUGE
AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION
WEATHER VANE
DIRECTION OF WIND
THERMOMETER
TEMPERATURE
HYDROMETER
HUMIDITY
BAROMETER
WIND PRESSURE
ANEMOMETER
WIND SPEED
DEFINITIONS
CLIMATE
MOST FREQUENTE STATE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
METEOROLOGY
SCIENCE THAT STUDIES WEATHER AND PREDICTS FORECASTS
WEATHER
SPECIFIC TIME AND PLACE
CLIMATOLOGY
SCIENCE THAT STUDIES CLIMATES AND THEIR EVOLUTION
TEMPERATURE DON'T HIT EQUALLY
DUE TO
ALTITUDE
TEMPERATURE DECREASE
DISTANCE FROM THE SEA
SEAWATER MAKES TEMPERATURE MORE MODERATE
LATITUDE
DIRECTLY AT EQUATOR
OBLIQUELY AT POLES
ORIENTATION
SHINING AREA
SHADY AREA :
LAYERS OF ATMOSPHERE
1- TROPOSPHERE
2- STRATOSPHERE
4- THERMOSPHERE
3- MESOSPHERE
5- EXOSPHERE
CHARACTERISTICS OF ATMOSPHERE
GASES
OXIGEN 21%
OTHER GASES 1%
NITROGEN 78%
ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE
MANTAINS REQUIRED GASES WE NEED
PROTECTS FROM SUN'S HARMFUL RAYS
MANTAINS TEMPERATURE
PROTECTS METEORITES
PRODUCES METEOROGICAL PROCESSES
WATER CYCLE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CAUSED BY
VARIATION OF EATH'S ORBIT
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
ENERGY - ABSORBING GASES
STOP HEAT FROM COMING OUT TO THE SPACE
THE HEAT STAYS IN ATMOSPHERE
INCREASING TEMPERATURE
CONSEQUENCES
CHANGES TO ECOSYSEMS
PROLONGED DROUGHT
INCREASE FIRES
INCREASE IN OCEAN TEMPERATURE
INCREASE SEA LEVEL
CLIMATE
ANTARTIC COLD ZONE
LOWER THAN 0ºC
WARM ZONE
BETWEEN TROPIC OF CAPRICORN AND ANTARTIC POLAR CIRCLE
BETWEEN 0ºC - 20ºC
HOT CENTRAL ZONE
BETWEEN TROPICS
ABOVE 20ºC
WARM ZONE
BERWEEN THE ARTIC CIRCLE AND TROPIC OF CANCER
0ºC - 20ºC
ARTIC COLD ZONE
LOWER THAN 0ºC