Weather and Climate

In Geographpy, LOWERN is an acronym for

• 6 factors that affect climate

• The lower great lakes district

• A baseball pitch delivered by a lefty

• The correct way to colour a map.

Any point on the surface of the Earth can be defined by a pair of angular coordinates known as

• north and south

• east and west

• longitude and latitude

• hot and cold

Longitude is a line stretching from pole to pole with a given angular displacement from the Prime Meridian

• which runs through New York City, USA

• which runs through Greenwich, England.

• which runs through Calgary, Alberta

• which runs through Paris, France

As latitude increases, the sun shines more obliquely and

• provides more warming energy

• provides less wind energy

• provides less warming energy

• provides less nuclear energy

The Earth's tilt affects the

• angle of incident sunlight on a particular location,

• angle of incident moonlight on a particular location,

• angle of incident rain direction on a particular location,

• angle of incident moonlight on a given evening.

Average temperatures cool with increasing latitude, producing

• well-defined heat zones on the planet.

• well-defined pollution zones on the planet.

• well-defined cold zones on the planet.

• well-defined climatic zones on the planet.

The Tropic Zones extend from

• the Tropic of Capricorn east to the south pole, and west to the north pole.

• the equator north to the Tropic of Cancer at 23.5 degrees north to the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5 degrees south.

• the Tropic of Cancer, east to the north pole, and west to the south pole

• throughout North America, from Canada in the north to Mexico in the south

Large-scale surface ocean currents are driven by

• global rain systems that are fueled by energy from the water runoff

• global cloud systems that are fueled by energy from the north

• global hurricane systems that are fueled by energy from water runoff around the world

• global wind systems that are fueled by energy from the sun

are often referred to according to their strength, and the direction from which the wind is blowing.

• Wind and Air masses

• Storm, and water runoff

• Sand and Sea level

• Snow and ice storms

This happens because air molecules bounce around and move apart as they warm up.

• Air condenses and gets heavy when heated.

• Air freezes and produces snowflakes when heated.

• Air expands and rises when heated.

• Air tightens up and makes odd sounds when heated.