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Climate Factors - Coggle Diagram
Climate Factors
Bodies of Water
Description: Oceans and lakes affect the climate by making temperatures more stable. Places near oceans or lakes don’t get as hot in summer or as cold in winter. Plus, ocean currents move warm and cold water around the world, which can change the climate of nearby places. For example, the Gulf Stream warms parts of Europe and eastern United States making them warmer.
Large lakes and oceans take a long time to heat up or cool down. Water is very good at retaining heat. All summer long lakes absorb heat from the sun and then in the winter that heat can affect the land nearby.
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Lattitude
Description: Imaginary horizontal lines that help coordinate and divide the world into north and south, the line at 0 degrees is called the equator. They never meet, and The lines go up ninety degrees until they end at the poles.
Impact of climate: Latitude is a major factor on climate as locations with higher latitudes receive less direct sunlight. The equator receives the most direct sunlight of anywhere on Earth, and so locations with latitudes closer to 0 degrees are much warmer thanks to this direct sunlight.
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Ocean currents
Description: Water starts at the poles and moves toward the equator, Dense water in Antarctica creates the ocean water worldwide. The cycle regulates the temperature worldwide.
The global ocean currents circulate cold water from Antarctica around the world, cold currents mix with warmer ones to create a balance is ocean temperatures. It's a heat distribution system.
Impact on Climate: Warm or cold currents affects the air and land around them. By warming them up of cooling the down.
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Wind and Air Masses
Description:
Large body of air warm masses from the equator, and cold masses come from the poles.
When warm and cold air masses meet, the warm air is forced up and the cold air fills the space. This is called wind, the warm air makes clouds and rain.
The rotation of the earth causes air masses to spin. Because the equator is moving faster than any other part of the planet If air is moving North away from the equator it will veer as it is traveling slightly faster than the earth beneath it. So hurricanes or storm systems in the Northern
Impact on climate:
When air masses move, they carry their heat or cold to a new region. When the air mass reaches a new area, it fights another air mass creates storms.
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Elevation
Description: Elevation affects climate because the higher you go, the cooler it gets. This happens because the air gets thinner and has less pressure as you go up, which makes it harder for the air to hold heat. Higher up, there's also less heat coming from the ground, and the weather can change too.
Impact on climate: This affects climate as when elevation goes up, temperature goes down.
air molecules spread apart due to decreased atmospheric pressure
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Mountain Barriers/relief
Impact on Climate: Mountain barriers change climate and can create rainforests and dry spots as they block warm air and create rain.
Description: Mountains affect the climate by creating different weather on each side. When moist air hits a mountain, it has to rise, and as it cools, it causes rain on the side facing the wind. On the other side of the mountain the air is dry because it warms up as it goes down.
Mountain ranges can form a barrier forces wind to rise up and when warm air is forced to rise up it will cool condense and cause precipitation.
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