weather & climate

wc:Ocean Currents

.Ocean currents is the movement of the water.

.The Gulf stream/north atlantic drift is the movement of warm water from the Gulf of Mexico towards the North Pole.

.This warm current warms the waters on the west coast of Britain.

wc: Distance from sea

.The sea heats up the coast.

.The sun in the summer heats the sea. The sea takes longer to heat up and takes longer to cool again.(like a chicken!!!)

.The land takes slower to heat up and it takes slower to cool down.(like chips) 

wc:Prevailing Winds

.Prevailing winds is the direction in which the wind is blowing in different places.

.Prevailing winds form over warm places.

.If the wing comes across the sea it will be a wet wind and if it came over land it will be a dry wind.

.Warm air brings warm weather.

WC ALTITUDE

.Alitude is the hight above sea level.

.The higher you go the colder it gets.

.The higher you go the air gets thinner so it get colder.

.When you go higher it rains more.

wc:latitude

.How far North or South a place is from the equator.

.The sun makes the the places near the equator more consentrated.

.the equator is hot and there is convectional rainfall there.

.There is low temprature at the top and the bottom of the earth. It is cooler because there is further for the heat of the sun to travel.

wc:Aspect

.Aspect is the direction a slope faces.
.Slopes that face the equator are warm.

.If you live in the north hem you want your garden to face the south because it will be hotter.

But if you live in the south hem you want your garden to face the North.