Natural Influences on climate

What is weather?

• The day to day state of the atmosphere

• The average weather over a long period of time

• The average climate over a long period of time

• The average long term pattern of precipitation and temperature

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Incoming solar radiation can be : (click all that apply)

• Reflected

• Absorbed

• scattered

• reradiated

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Why is the sky blue?

• It is reflecting the ocean

• Scattering of incoming light spectrum occurs in the blue part of the spectrum

• Because its the best colour and it would be weird if it was green

• The sun is at a greater angle and so light has to pass through a thicker section of atmosphere.

An example of a surface with a high albedo:

• Choppy sea

• Forest

• Tar road

• Freshly fallen snow

The reflectance of a surface is known as

• Obliquity

• Procession

• Albedo

• Climate

Eccentricity refers to

• the shape of the orbit

• the wobble of the Earth on its axis

• The direction of the Earth's rotation

• The reflectivity of a surface

The longest of the Milankovitch cycles is

• Deliberation

• Precession

• Eccentricity

• Obliquity

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What causes the seasons experienced on Earth

• Global wind belts

• The tilt of the Earth's axis

• The sun's rays being more directly focused on the Poles

• High and low pressure systems

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Low pressure at the surface is associated with what kind of weather (click all that apply)

• Clouds

• Fine, clear skies

• Rain

• descending air

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What is the name given to the winds that occur between 0 degrees of latitude and the 23 degrees north and south of the equator

• Polar Easterlies

• Westerlies

• Trade winds

• the Doldrums

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