REVIEW: Summary

Summary

Flooding after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Photo courtesy of CK-12. 

• A region's weather depends on its air temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind speed and direction and other factors
• Climate is the long term average of weather (period of 30+ years)
• Weather can change in minutes, but climate changes slowly
• A tornado is a whirling funnel of air extending down from a cumulonimbus cloud
• The Fujita scale measures tornado intensity based on wind speed and damae tropical cyclcones because they originate in the tropical latitudes
• The damage caused by hurricanes is due largely to storm surge, but high winds & heavy rain also play a role
• Tornadoes can only be predicted over a wide region
• The angle our planet is tilted determines how much solar energy is received at different latitudes. This determines seasons
• The position of planet earth in its revolution around the sun affects climate 

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