Climate Gateway 1

Places located far from the sea will experience the...

• maritime effect

• continental effect

The maritime effect causes coastal areas to experience...

• very hot summer and cold winter

• cool summer and mild winter

• cool summer and very cold winter

• very hot summer and mild winter

The maritime effect cause coastal areas to experience cooler summers because...

• the sea gains heat slower than land, so cool air over the sea lowers the temperatures of coastal areas.

• land gains heat faster than the sea.

• the sea loses heat slower than land, so warm air over the sea raises the temperatures of coastal areas.

• air over land cools down faster than air over the sea.

The continental effect causes inland areas to experience...

• cooler summers and colder winters.

• warmer summers and warmer winters.

• warmer summers and colder winters.

• cooler summers and warmer winters.

The continental effect causes inland areas to experience warmer summers because...

• land gains heat fast and inland areas are too far to be cooled down by cooler air over the sea.

• land gains heat slower and inland areas are too far to be cooled down by cooler air over the sea.

• land loses heat slower and inland areas are too far to be warmed up by warmer air over the sea.

• land loses heat fast and inland areas are too far to be warmed up by warmer air over the sea.

Diurnal range of temperature =

• (Sum of hourly temperature readings taken for 24 h) / 24

• Max. daily temperature - Min. daily temperature

• (Max. daily temperature + Min. daily temperature) / 2

• Max. daily temperature + Min. daily temperature

Places with plenty of cloud cover will experience ______ diurnal range of temperature, which means a ______ difference between day and night temperatures.

• large...large

• small...small

• large...small

• small...large

With cloud cover in the day...

• some incoming solar radiation gets reflected into space, so less heat is absorbed by Earth's surface.

• high levels of incoming solar radiation reaches Earth's surface and heats it rapidly.

Places that are located at higher altitudes will experience _____ because ...

• lower temperatures...air is at lower pressure and less dense, so there is a lower concentration of gas and water vapour and it traps less heat.

• lower temperatures...air is at higher pressure and denser, so there is a higher concentration of gas and water vapour and it traps less heat.

• higher temperatures...air is at higher pressure and denser, so there is a higher concentration of gas and water vapour and it traps more heat.

Places at lower latitudes will experience _____ temperatures while places at higher latitudes will experience _____ temperatures.

• higher...lower

• lower...higher