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Distinguish between climate and weather
Weather is the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation. Climate is the long term observed weather condition affecting Eart
Explain La Nina using this image to help you
Trade winds increase, upwelling of cold water in east increases and warm pool in west (thermocline)deepens. More evaporation means more precipitation (wetter
Explain El Nino using this image to help you
Trade winds decrease, upwelling of cold water in east decreases and warm pool in west (thermocline)shallows. Less evaporation means less precipitation (drier
Name the winds that come from the equator which influence the ENSO cycle
Trade winds
Define "thermocline"
abrupt temperature gradient in a body of water marked by a layer above and below which the water is at different temperatures
What does ENSO stand for?
El Nino Southern Oscillation
Name the phenomenon that is caused by the walker cells
ENSO
Describe the orientation of the walker cells
East to west
Describe the location of three cells in the three cell model of air circulation
Hadley is closest to the equator, ferrel in the middle (mid latitude), Polar near the poles
Identify the cells in the three cell model of air circulation
Hadley, ferrel and polar
Name the layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
Troposphere
When warm air rises, what happens to the area below it (in terms of pressure)
It lowers
Describe the movement of warm air
It rises
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