Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Climate Factors - Coggle Diagram
elevation
description: Elevation is the distance above sea level. It can have an impact on rain, snow, temperature and wind, ecosystems and living patterns.
-
impact: High altitudes have cooler temperatures, they have more rain and snow and stronger winds. Animals and people also don't want to live at very high elevations so it also affects ecosystems.
air masses and wind
description: air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture conditions throughout.
Coriolis effect: when you are moving with the spin of the earth objects travelling towards or away from the poles appear to travel on an arc this arc is partly created by the fact that the earth is spinning fastest at the equator. 1600km/hr
impact: Air masses move and carry temperatures and moisture and over time that affects the climate. For example carrying cold air southward over a period of time will change the temperature/climate of the south region and make it colder.
-
ocean currents
Description: Within the oceans there are massive flows of water called ocean currents 90 percent of ocean currents are cold and deep water currents, they begin in polar regions and bring cooler water near the equator, a small 10 percent of ocean currents are warm water they start in the tropics and bring warm water into colder regions.
impact: Bringing warm water to colder regions can cause a more mild winter, bringing
Cold water to a colder region can make summers cooler in tropic or mid latitude areas.
-
bodies of water
description: Large bodies of water absorb the cold from winter, so in the summer if you go close to the water it will still be cool from winter. Large lakes and oceans are very good at absorbing and holding heat energy. This means all summer, the oceans and lakes are absorbing and holding heat. It takes a very long time for the lake to heat up or cool down. So all summer the lake is releasing the cold from the winter, and all winter the lake is releasing the heat from the summer
-
-
-
latitude
-
impact: ln result places
Near the equator are really warm, places with mid latitude are mild, and places near the poles are really cold.
description: latitude affects the temperature.
Places close to the equator receive more concentrated direct energy from the sun. in places with higher latitude, sun light is spread out more, and the energy from the sun is less concentrated. And high latitudes, receive periods of time with no sunlight at all. Meaning the winters get really cold. Mid latitudes the temperature is mild it is never extremely cold or extremely warm.
-
