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| Geography is a study of Earth and everything on it. |
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| What is Physical Geography? |
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| is the study of different regions of the world. It focuses on climate patterns, landforms, plant and animal life, resources, and other natural features of the world's regions. |
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| it studies the economic, political and cultural activities of the world's people. It also seeks to provide a way to understand human diversity and to promote an appreciation for, rather than a fear of, the wonderful variety of people that call earth home. |
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| When a weather condition in a certain place for a long period of time. |
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| When one weather condition is unsuspected in a certain area like raining or snowin or storm. |
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| What is the koeppen Climate classification? |
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| is an empirical system that is based on observations of temperature and precipitation. |
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| What are five Climate classification? |
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| Tropical, Dry, Tempreture, Cold and polar. |
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| is a fundamental control on every climate. It affects temperature by influencing the seasonal range in solar intensity. It influences precipitation in as much as evaporation is temperature dependent. Roll over the cities shown on the world map to see how temperature patterns respond to several changes in solar intensity. |
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| Despite being at similar latitudes, Reykjavik and Yakutsk have different temperature and precipitation patterns. Because land heats and cools faster and more intensely than water, continental locations have a larger seasonal temperature range than maritime locations. Maritime locations often have more precipitation because of their proximity to a large moisture source. |
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| what is Geographic position? |
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| Prevailing winds determine the influence that body has on local climate. All three stations on the map to the right are at approximately the same latitude. Two stations are coastal, but only one, San Francisco, has a maritime climate because in the midlatitudes the prevailing winds are westerly. |
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| What is Mauntain temperature? |
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| Temperature generally decreases with altitude. The two curves below show how elevation affects seasonal maximum and minimum temperature values. |
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| This map shows relative sea-surface temperature (lighter shading indicates warmer temperature), and warm and cold ocean currents. Sea-surface temperature influences air temperature as the ocean exchanges heat with the overlying atmosphere. It also influences evaporation rates which are generally higher where sea-surface temperature is higher. |
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The Earth's average pressure patterns and resulting winds influence climate patterns by
advecting temperature and moisture
causing areas of surface convergence and divergence
influencing midlatitude storm tracks |
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| Roll over a station to see its annual temperature and precipitation patterns. Think about how climate controls can be used to explain these patterns. |
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| what are the seven climate classification? |
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| Latitude, Land vs water, Geographic position, Moauntains, Ocaen current, Pressure and wind, world climography. |
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| name 3 different Types of Communities? |
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| Local, National and global |
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