Social Science


UNIT 1



Big Bang Theory




Shooting Stars




The Solar System




Rotation and Revolution




Phases of the Moon



How Tides Work





UNIT 2

Layers of the Geosphere






Biosphere and Geosphere


Hydrosphere and Atmosphere










UNIT 3



What affect climate??

1. Latitude 



2. Altitude 

   Normally temperature becomes colder as elevation increases. This is due to atmospheric pressure decreasing as elevation increases. When atmospheric pressure decreases, the air becomes thinner and is no longer able to hold as much heat. This is why if you were to climb a mountain starting at sea level the temperature would start to decrease as you approach the top of the mountain. 



3. Relief

   Mountains act like large barriers forcing air carried by winds upward into high elevations, causing this air to cool rapidly. On the windward side of the mountain, as the air cools rapidly, the atmospheric pressure decreases, the temperature drops and water vapour condenses. Once the water vapour condenses and becomes too heavy for the air to hold any longer it falls as precipitation in the form of snow or rain. On the opposite side of the mountain (leeward side) the wind travels down the mountain and starts to warm. As the air warms it is becomes denser and is able to hold water vapour. On the leeward side of the mountain there is very little precipitation creating desert like conditions known as a rain shadow.

4. Distance from the sea

   Large bodies of water, such as oceans and lakes, can influence the climate of nearby regions. Large bodies of water retain their temperature for long periods of time by cooling slowly in the winter and warming slowly in the summer. This influences the temperature of regions near water (maritime locations) through what is known as the "moderating effect." Large bodies of water will moderate the temperature of the nearby land by keeping the temperature warm in the winter and cool in the summer. In the center of continents (continental locations), large temperature extremes between summer highs and winter lows can be expected due to a lack of the moderating effect.




Ecuatorial Climate



Climate Zone



Climates of Spain


4 comentarios: