Answer the following questions in detail.
1. Differentiate between weather and climate.
2. How does altitude above the sea level affect the climate of a region?
3. Why is the Equator so hot?
4. How do ocean currents regulate weather?
5. What are the major features of the seven major climate zones?
Answers
Answer:
1)Whereas weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area. Different regions can have different climates. ... Weather tells you what to wear each day.
2) Altitude refers to the height above sea level. Temperature decreases with increasing height above sea level. This makes the higher areas to have lower temperatures than the lower areas. A rise in altitude causes a fall in temperature and a cooling effect which causes condensation.
3) Why is it hotter at the equator than it is at the poles? a. Because the equator is closer to the sun. ... Because the sun's rays hit the earth's surface at a higher angle at the equator.
4)Ocean currents act much like a conveyor belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics. Thus, ocean currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth's surface.