The document discusses several key concepts in earth science including weather, which involves short term fluctuations in temperature, precipitation and wind; climate, which is driven by uneven solar heating and influences areas through geography; biomes, which represent all life on Earth; and the last ice age, which was the oldest and longest period of glaciation known to humans. It also mentions atmospheric circulation patterns like the trade winds and westerlies, and factors like latitude, land cover and ocean currents that impact climate.
The document discusses several key concepts in earth science including weather, which involves short term fluctuations in temperature, precipitation and wind; climate, which is driven by uneven solar heating and influences areas through geography; biomes, which represent all life on Earth; and the last ice age, which was the oldest and longest period of glaciation known to humans. It also mentions atmospheric circulation patterns like the trade winds and westerlies, and factors like latitude, land cover and ocean currents that impact climate.
The document discusses several key concepts in earth science including weather, which involves short term fluctuations in temperature, precipitation and wind; climate, which is driven by uneven solar heating and influences areas through geography; biomes, which represent all life on Earth; and the last ice age, which was the oldest and longest period of glaciation known to humans. It also mentions atmospheric circulation patterns like the trade winds and westerlies, and factors like latitude, land cover and ocean currents that impact climate.
These fluctuations are usually short-lived and include the temperature, amount and type of precipitation, wind speed and direction, and the clouds? It is an expression of energy redistribution within Earth system. It is driven by the uneven distribution of the sun’s thermal energy? Are sometimes referred to as latitudes of seasonless climate? Is composed of all the free gases on Earth. Gravity holds these gases toward the surface, forming an envelope of gas around the globe? Are formed when the warm air around the equator rises and flows toward the north pole? They usually occur between 30 to 60° latitudes with a general west-to-east flow, sometimes interrupted by migrating cyclones and anticyclones? It is the influences climate through an area’s geography and land cover? It affect the precipitation and temperature in its two opposite sides? It represents all life on Earth? It is the oldest and longest ice age humans have known about?