Physical Systems Test

Orbit

One Revolution

One Year

Leap Year

Rotation

Earth rotates in an ______ direction

The sun rises in the ____ and sets in the ________

Earths Rotation creates

Day and Night

Earth rotates on a ___ or an _____

tilt; axis

Earths axis is…

23.5 degrees

Earths axis causes

seasons

Seasons are flipped in the____and_____hemispheres

northern; southern

The three regions

Polar, Temperate, Tropics.

June 21st

Summer Solstice

December 21st

Winter Solstice

March 21st

Vernal Equinox

September 23rd

Autumnal Equinox

Weather =

short term

Climate =

long term

Wind is caused by____

heat from the sun and the rotation of the earth

Coriolis Effect

Wind patterns curve because Earth spins

Jet Streams

Wind high in the air that planes follow

Storms occur when____

warm, moist, air, meets cold, dry air

Wind patterns create the____

oceans surface currents

Ocean currents can affect_____

climate by moving warm water to higher latitudes

Doldrums

lack of wind at the equator

Horse latitudes

lack of wind at 30 degrees north and south

Green

Sun enters our atmosphere and heats up the planet. Some rays are reflected back into space. More and more carbon dioxide in the air is trapping the suns energy.

Climographs bars= ____ lines=_________

Precipitation; temperature