Factors affecting climate

How do prevailing winds affect climate?

• Prevailing winds is the amount of moisture that can be found in an area

• prevailing winds describe the speed of the wind in a particular place

• Prevailing winds are winds that blow from a constant direction and increase temperatures if they are blowing from a hot area.

Altitude refers to

• the height above the ground

• the height above sea level

• the height at the top of a mountain

How does altitude affect climate?

• the temperature remains the same throughout the atmosphere

• the higher up a place is the warmer it will be

• the higher up a place is the colder it will be

what is the rate at which temperature will change as you go higher up in the atmosphere?

• 0,6 degrees Celcius for every 100m

• 0,5 degrees Celcius for every 100m

• 6 degrees Celcius for every 100m

How does latitude affect climate?

• The temperature drops the higher up in the atmosphere you go

• the temperature drops the further an area is from the equator

• temperature drops at night when the sun goes to bed

In winter how does distance from the sea affect the climate?

• warm breezes will bring warm air to the coast whilst inland areas will be cooler

• cool breezes will bring cooler temperatures to the coast whilst inland areas will be warmer

• cool breezes will cool both the coast and inland areas

The land has a higher specific heat capacity than the sea

• True

• False

Warm ocean currents flow past the west coast of the continents

• True

• False

The area that receives the most direct rays of the Sun (equator, 0°) will have the LOWEST yearly temperatures.

• True

• False

Inland areas have a continental climate

• True

• False