Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Weather
-what is happening now (today, this week,
this month)
Climate
-average weather over a time period of
decades to centuries
Weather Climate
Climate
Greek, klima; angle of incidence of the
sun
No ozone
Ozone peaks at 25 km
Biotic Component
plants, animals, humans, microorganisms
Energy Component
sun is the major source of energy without which we
can not think about the existence of the biosphere
Hydrosphere
discontinuous water shell of
the Earth between
atmosphere and solid Earth
crust , including oceans, seas
and water surface on the land
evaporation - liquid -> water
vapor