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lines run from east-to-west/w-t-e but they measure north or south of the equator (0° to 90°) splitting the earth into the Northern & southern hemisphere

Latitude

east from the prime meridian and west fron the prime meridian.

Longitude

raw materials that we get fron the earth, support our daily life and meet people's need

natural resources

resources that can be replinished during our lifetime

Renewable resources

a Natural resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means (it takes years to be replinished)

Non-renewable resources

blanket of gasses surrounding the earth

atmosphere

patterns of wind that happen over the world, they're created by the spin of the earth and the difference in temperatures

Global Winds

These winds predict most our weather, blows from west-to-east accross the United States

prevailing westerlies

This winds blow close to the north and southpoles, blows away from the poles and curve east to west

Polar esterlies

this wind are winds that circle near the equator (helps ship contains how which directuon they are going to)

Trade winds

air above the land heats up and rise and the cool air from water moves toward the land to replace the rising warm air.

Sea breeze

when the cool air replaced the rising warm air in the ocean

Land Breeze

warm air rises and moves up to the mountain

valley breeze

when the cool air sinks down that causing thr wind to move in the opposite direction

Mountain breeze

this increase the earth's average surface temperature dye to a build up of green house gasses in the atmosphere

global warming

a long-term changes in average temperature and precipitation

Climate change

gas turn into a liquid/solid

Condensation

a liquid changes into a gas

evaporation

upward movement of heat or other atmospheric properties within the atmosphere

convection

organic materials from carbon dioxide, water, and inorganic salts using light as an ebergy source

photo synthesis

energy transmitted in the form of rays

radiation

spontaneous transfer of energy through matter, from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature

Conduction

Gasses in green house

carbon dioxide


methane


oxygen gas - O²


ozone - O³


nitrogen


gas


argon gashydrogen gashelium


hydrogen gas


helium


protect us from harmful UVA UVB rays

ozone layer

hours takes before earth complete a full circle

24 hrs/ 1day

which way does the earth spin

w.e. spin / west-to-east spin

why does the earth's season change

because the planet is slightly tilted on its axis as it travels around the sun

start of spring : equal length of day & night

march 21, Vernal equinox

start of Summer : longest day of the year

june 20/21, summer soltice

start of autumn : equal kength of day & night

September 23, autumnal equinox

start of winter : shortest day of the year

December 21/22, winter soltice

sun is higher in the sky, the sunlight reaching the surface is more concentrated

during summer

the sun is lower in the sky

during winter

sunlight is spread out over a larger area

during spring & autumn

one revolution of the earth to sun is equivalent to many days and what is the equivalent months and year/s?

365.25 days/12 months/1 year

low density of incident rays

northern winter

high density of incident rays

southern summer

how is it possible that both northern and southern hemisphere received different amount of light?

because the earth is tilted 23.5°

the imaginary vertical line around the earth which spins every 23hrs and 56 mins.

axis

earth travels aroun the sun 365.25 days

earth's revolution

to spin on its axis

rotation

the path that is followed arpund another body in space

orbit

occur twice a year, when the tilt of the earth's axis is oriented

solstice

day & night lasts 12hrs at all latitude

equinoxes

lowest and thinnest layer of atmosphere

troposphere

almost no weather layer of the atmosphere, contains high level of ozone

stratosphere