How do the temperature of land and water compare?
How do the temperature of land and water compare?
It takes less energy to change the temperature of land compared to water. This means that land heats and cools more quickly than water and this difference affects the climate of different areas on Earth. The smaller volume of land however attains higher temperatures.
Why is the ocean near Christchurch is a different temperature than we’d expect for its latitude?
Sun’s energy is transferred to the Earth’s surface and than some of that energy is transferred to the air. Why the ocean near Christchurch is a different temperature than we’d expect for its latitude (distance from the equator). Therefore a location’s air temperature is affected by its distance from the equator.
Why is NZ warmer than Alaska?
Alaska gets much colder than NZ because it’s closer to the North Pole than NZ is to the South Pole, therefore NZ’s warmer, especially in summer. Alaska’s more mountainous & rugged than NZ meaning most of it’s inaccessible to people, hence a small population.
Why is Christchurch New Zealand’s air temperature cooler than usual?
During normal years energy transfers from the ocean to the air. However, during El Nino years, the current is not as warm, so less energy will transfer from the current to the air, making Christchurch cooler than usual.
What affects Christchurch’s air temperature in normal years?
The closer a location is to the equator, the more energy it receives from the sun. Therefore, a location’s air temperature is affected by its distance from the equator. The amount of energy from the Sun does not change during El Niño years so there must be some other cause for cooling in New Zealand.
Why did changing the wind affect the air temperature?
The way the air moves affects the weather, because winds move heat and cold temperatures as well as moisture from one place to another, transporting conditions from one geographical zone to another. The way winds pass each other, and the direction they move, also affects what weather a region will see on any given day.
Why do different locations have different air temperatures?
As the Earth moves, the angle at which sunlight strikes different places on the Earth at the same time of day changes because the Earth is tilted. When a particular location is tilted towards the Sun, warmer temperatures occur (summer); when the same place is tilted away from the Sun, colder temperature occur (winter).
Why is weather not the same everywhere?
Weather changes so much because the Earth is constantly spinning. Lands and water bodies heat up differently that cause constant atmospheric change. Also note that “seasons” are not the same as weather. Seasons have to do with the angle of the solar radiation we receive caused by the tilt of the Earth on it’s axis.
Why do different states have different weather?
from that article I learned that different states have different weather because of the angle of that specific part of the earth to the sun also the distance between that state and the equator so the farther from the equator the colder the closer to the equator the warmer it is.
How do you explain weather conditions?
Spring Vocabulary
- Bloom: when plants and flowers start to flourish.
- Breeze: a gentle wind.
- Bright: sunnier and lighter.
- Drizzle: light rain.
- Fresh: not hot but not cold.
- Puddles: when water pools after rain.
- Thaw: when the warm sun begins to melt the ice of winter.
- Boiling / scorching: very hot.