WGU C225
# Term Definition
1 Low-pressure zone Gx
2 High-pressure zone x
3 What is Atmospheric pressure and z
how does it influence weather and
climate?
4 What is the intertropical x
convergence zone and how does it
influence weather and climate?
5 Climate type: Humid Tropical General temp, location, soil type, biome and
precipitation pattern
6 Climate Type: Desert General temp, location, soil type, biome and
precipitation pattern
7 Climate type: Seasonally-humid General temp, location, soil type, biome and
tropical precipitation pattern
8 What is Orographic Uplift and AKA "The rain shadow effect", this happens when
precipitation. wind forces air up over mountains. As it rises, air
cools by expansion. The cooling causes
condensation which results in precipitation.
9 What is Condensation and how The conversion of water from vapor to liquid.
does it influence weather and Condensation in the air creates clouds which can
climate? create rain or snow.
10 Summer solstice Occurs around June 20th to 22nd
11 Earth-sun relationship as it Higher latitudes receive less sunlight because
pertains to climate variations by they are farther from the equator.
latitude.
12 Winter Solstice Occurs around Dec 20th to 22nd
13 Spring Equinox Occurs around March 21st
, WGU C225
# Term Definition
14 What is convection and how does Circulation in a fluid caused by
it influence weather and climate? temperature-induced density differences, such as
the rising of warm air in the atmosphere.
Convection causes ocean waves and wind
15 Autumn Equinox Capricorn. Occurs around September 23rd.
16 Climate Type: Semi-arid Long, warm summers, cool part of the year.
Located in transitional areas between deserts
and more humid regions (low to mid lat). soil
type, biome and precipitation pattern
17 Climate Type: Humid Subtropical General temp, location, soil type, biome and
precipitation pattern
18 What atmospheric phenomena Intertropical convergence zone
best accounts for why humid
conditions tend to predominate
near the equator?
19 Which climate type is warm Seasonally Humid Tropical, near the equator.
year-round with a pronounced dry
season, and what is the general
latitudinal range?
20 Hydrologic cycle 1. Evaporation converts water into vapor and
returns it to the atmosphere. 2. Water falls from
the atmosphere to the ground through
precipitation. 3. Once it reaches the ground,
runoff caries it back to the sea where the process
starts over.
21 Water Budget An accounting of the relationship between inflow
and outflow of water in a given system over a
period of time.
22 What role does vegetation play in Vegetation produces avapotranspiration.
the water budget? Evergreen trees do this year-round whereas
grasses do it seasonally.
23 What is the role of soil in the water Soil stores water and makes it available for
budget? evapotranspiration.
# Term Definition
1 Low-pressure zone Gx
2 High-pressure zone x
3 What is Atmospheric pressure and z
how does it influence weather and
climate?
4 What is the intertropical x
convergence zone and how does it
influence weather and climate?
5 Climate type: Humid Tropical General temp, location, soil type, biome and
precipitation pattern
6 Climate Type: Desert General temp, location, soil type, biome and
precipitation pattern
7 Climate type: Seasonally-humid General temp, location, soil type, biome and
tropical precipitation pattern
8 What is Orographic Uplift and AKA "The rain shadow effect", this happens when
precipitation. wind forces air up over mountains. As it rises, air
cools by expansion. The cooling causes
condensation which results in precipitation.
9 What is Condensation and how The conversion of water from vapor to liquid.
does it influence weather and Condensation in the air creates clouds which can
climate? create rain or snow.
10 Summer solstice Occurs around June 20th to 22nd
11 Earth-sun relationship as it Higher latitudes receive less sunlight because
pertains to climate variations by they are farther from the equator.
latitude.
12 Winter Solstice Occurs around Dec 20th to 22nd
13 Spring Equinox Occurs around March 21st
, WGU C225
# Term Definition
14 What is convection and how does Circulation in a fluid caused by
it influence weather and climate? temperature-induced density differences, such as
the rising of warm air in the atmosphere.
Convection causes ocean waves and wind
15 Autumn Equinox Capricorn. Occurs around September 23rd.
16 Climate Type: Semi-arid Long, warm summers, cool part of the year.
Located in transitional areas between deserts
and more humid regions (low to mid lat). soil
type, biome and precipitation pattern
17 Climate Type: Humid Subtropical General temp, location, soil type, biome and
precipitation pattern
18 What atmospheric phenomena Intertropical convergence zone
best accounts for why humid
conditions tend to predominate
near the equator?
19 Which climate type is warm Seasonally Humid Tropical, near the equator.
year-round with a pronounced dry
season, and what is the general
latitudinal range?
20 Hydrologic cycle 1. Evaporation converts water into vapor and
returns it to the atmosphere. 2. Water falls from
the atmosphere to the ground through
precipitation. 3. Once it reaches the ground,
runoff caries it back to the sea where the process
starts over.
21 Water Budget An accounting of the relationship between inflow
and outflow of water in a given system over a
period of time.
22 What role does vegetation play in Vegetation produces avapotranspiration.
the water budget? Evergreen trees do this year-round whereas
grasses do it seasonally.
23 What is the role of soil in the water Soil stores water and makes it available for
budget? evapotranspiration.
