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Climat Factors - Coggle Diagram
Climat Factors
Elevation
The higher you go the colder it gets because all the hot air rises and it cools at the top of the atmosphere
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The higher up you go the farther apart air molecules are, few molecules means that higher elevations are colder because there are fewer particles to trap heat. This is because air molecules are held together by gravity. They higher the molecules are, it is harder for gravity to hold them together. So it will be spaced ,which will be less dense. At lower heights, air is more dense. When air is more dense, it can trap more heat.
Mountain Barriers
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A mountain range like the Rockies can create a barrier to prevailing winds. Moist air rises up because the mountain forces it up. The warm air cools and condenses and creates precipitation. It creates precipitation because the cold air can hold more water than warm air. It will condense and gather more droplets and will turn into rain. The other side of the mountain gets less because it warms back up again. Warm air cannot hold as much water as cold air. This means that it cannot condense into a cloud and will not rain. This is called rain shadow.
Ocean Currents
If you live near warm ocean current you will have warmer and wetter climate, if you live next to a cold ocean current you will have dryer climate.)
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Ocean currents are massive flows of water, 90% of the worlds current are cold currents, cold currents come from the poles and warm currents come from the equator , ocean currents are an energy distribution system. Ocean currents move in circular patterns because the earth is spinning on its axis.
Latitiude
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Latitude describes how far north or south a place is from the equator. It is measured in degrees. The places closest to the equator receive more concentrated, direct energy from the Sun than those farther from the equator. In areas of higher latitudes, energy from the Sun is spread over a larger area and is less concentrated.
Ocean/bodies of water.
Mild regulated temps all year. Winter is a little warmer, summer is a little cooler.
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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. This is because water is more dense than air which means it need more heat than air. So all summer the lake release's the cold from the winter and all winter the lake is releasing the heat from the summer.
Wind and Air masses
Cold air comes from the poles and warm air comes from the equator. Wind systems spin because the earth is rotating on it's axis, much of the warm air masses come from the over water because water holds heat better than land. So the wind systems are like a energy distribution system they balance out the atmosphere by redistributing heat from equator to the poles. When cold air meets warm air it is forced up because cold air is more dense , the warm air will cool, condense and rain.
The rotating at 1600 km/h , it is spinning faster than any latitude. As you move away from the equator, your rotational speed slows down. This is because you have to rotate less and that means you don't have to go as fast to keep up with the other latitudes. This means that wind travelling away from the equator toward the North will veer to the East as it is travelling faster than the earth beneath it. This is why storm systems spin in a circle. This means hurricanes will spin counter clockwise.
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