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19 Cards in this Set
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Why is a moisture exchange between land and sea required?
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because continents have more precipitation thean wvaporation and the oceans have more evaporation than precipitation
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At solar noon, the angle and intensity if insolation are ____.
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greatest
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The angle of insolation ________ from 90 degrees
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decreases
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What is the angle of insolation?
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the angle at which the Sun's rays strike Earth's surface
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What kind of rays provide the greatest intensity of insolation?
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virtical rays (direct)
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With an increase of latitude, the intensity of insolation _________.
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decrease
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What is the duration of insolation?
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the number of daylight hours at a given location
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What moves the moisture from places of high humidity to places of low humidity?
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A belt of convection currents
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What is a climate?
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An average of weather conditions in a region over a long-period of time
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Where are the two zones of precipitation deficit located?
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about 10 degrees to 40 degrees in each atmosphere.
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What is it when a body gains the same amount of radiant energy as it gives off?
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radioactive balance
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What are the three main belts of precipitation excess?
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the equatorial zone and the middle latitudes zones in each hemisphere(40 degrees to 70 degrees).
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Where does water that evaporates in one plce usually precipitate?
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hundreds to thousands of miles away
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mT airmasses travelling polarward, ________,_________ most of their moisture and become ________.
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cool, precipitate, Polar airmasses
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Earth is a ________, our water is _______ and must be _______.
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closed system, limited, recycled
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cP air masses moving over land toward the equator become _______, _______ moisture and become ________ air masses over the ocean
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warm, absorb, mT
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What is the Intensity of Radiation?
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The rate at which energy is radiated from a body-DEPENDS on temperature!
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What is Insolation?
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INcoming SOLar radiATION-The sun gives off radiation in short waves, but the Earth radiates energy in form of longer waves.
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What is Intensity of insolation?
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the rate at which solar energy is received by a given area of Earth's surface per unit of time.
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