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Geography [Climate]: Term 2 Exam - Coggle Diagram
Geography [Climate]: Term 2 Exam
Definitions
Weather: condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time
Climate: average weather conditions experienced in a place calculated over a period of 20-30 years
Weather Data Collection
Study of weather + its forecasting=Meterology
Sources of info= ships, water buoys, weather balloons, and satellite and radar images
Aspects which Meteorologists record:
Temperature - themometer - degrees celcius
Precipatation - rain gauge - millimetres
Wind speed - anemometer - knots
Air Pressure - barometer - hectopascals
Wind Direction - wine vane - compass direction
Humidity - hygrometer - percentage
Rainfall - hours - sunshine recorder
Cloud Cover - eye - oktas (eights)
Moisture in the Atmosphere
On earth, water continuously circulates in a never-ending cycle.
In this cycle= earths water supply is taken up, purified and redistributed
Power sources which keep the cycle going: sun's energy and earth's gravity
The water cycle [refer to pages 7&8]
CLOUDS: [refer to page + summarized notes]