LOCATION LOCATION HOW GLOBAL LOCATION AFFECTS WEATHER PATTERNS
LOCATION, LOCATION HOW GLOBAL LOCATION AFFECTS WEATHER PATTERNS
GLOBAL LOCATION AFFECTS WEATHER • The equator is an imaginary line that divides the earth in half horizontally. • Latitude is the distance north and south of the equator. • A place’s latitude helps determine its weather.
CLIMATE ZONES • Climate is the average weather of a place over a long period of time. • There are 3 types of climate zones: • POLAR- farthest from the equator • TEMPERATE- mid latitudes • TROPICAL- closest to equator
POLAR CLIMATE ZONES • POLAR- stays cold all year long. • Where most continental polar and maritime polar air masses form.
TEMPERATE CLIMATE ZONES • Temperate- temperatures change throughout the year, cold in the winter, warm/hot in the summer. • Most noticeable seasonal changes of all the climate zones. • North Carolina is in the temperate climate zones.
TROPICAL CLIMATE ZONES • Tropical – temperature stays consistently hot to warm all year long. • Receives the same amount of sunlight throughout the year, and the most sunlight of any of the climate zones.
THE EQUATOR • Since the equator has the warmer conditions and more sunlight, this leads to more evaporation. • More evaporation leads to more water in the atmosphere, more water in the air leads to more condensation, which leads to more precipitation. • Increased evaporation leads to a decrease in
THE EQUATOR • This is why more LOW pressure systems form near the equator. • This is also why hurricanes form over the Atlantic ocean, near the equator.
HEMISPHERES • Each half of the earth is a hemisphere. • Northern hemisphere is north of (above) the equator. • Southern hemisphere is south of (below) the equator.
HEMISPHER ES • The seasons are opposites in each hemisphere. • When it is fall in NC in the northern hemisphere it is spring in the southern hemisphere.
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