1: What is the difference between regional climate and microclimate?
Regional climate is condition in which the climate is in a place. microclimate is climate that influences the distribution of organisms
2: Why is vegetation important in climate?
It is important because plants can make the climate colder and they can alter the wind also they can influence the microclimate of the area
3: What are impervious surfaces? How can impervious surface affect local climates?
It is a hard surface that prevents water to come into the soil mantle. Impervious surface affects the climate by affecting the temperature
4: What is an urban environment?
It is an environment with buildings and transportation
5: What is a suburban environment?
It's almost the same as an urban area but with less big buildings
6: What is a rural environment?
They are areas with alot of land and very little buildings and a lower population than urban areas
7: What is an urban heat island? Explain.
A city where their aren't a lot of trees to make the climate colder also where it is dry and buildings and streets trap the heat
8: Why do we care about urban heat islands? What do they do to urban environments?
We care about it because it gets too hot and people use more electricity for their air conditioner. They raise the temperature in roofs of buildings
9: What can be done about the urban heat island effect?
We can put more green roofs and make green pavements so they wont trap that much heat
10: What are green roofs and what are their advantages?
A roof covered with plants so it can make it cooler
11: What is a cool pavement?
It a type of pavement that doesn't trap that much heat by reflecting more light
12: What is a pervious pavement? What is the advantage?
A type of pavement made of asphalt , concrete and gravel mixed to allow water to pass through it
FRQ
A) Temperature in urban areas differ from their surrounding areas because in urban it is hotter in the surface temperature and the air temperature
B) In urban areas there are more buildings and roads that trap the heat also there are less trees in urban areas which make the climate cooler
C) In urban areas the population is higher and this affects the air pollution because they use more cars and release more air pollution
D) They can help invest to make more green roofs to decrease the air temperature also they can help to make more cool pavement to decrease surface temperature
Regional climate is condition in which the climate is in a place. microclimate is climate that influences the distribution of organisms
2: Why is vegetation important in climate?
It is important because plants can make the climate colder and they can alter the wind also they can influence the microclimate of the area
3: What are impervious surfaces? How can impervious surface affect local climates?
It is a hard surface that prevents water to come into the soil mantle. Impervious surface affects the climate by affecting the temperature
4: What is an urban environment?
It is an environment with buildings and transportation
5: What is a suburban environment?
It's almost the same as an urban area but with less big buildings
6: What is a rural environment?
They are areas with alot of land and very little buildings and a lower population than urban areas
7: What is an urban heat island? Explain.
A city where their aren't a lot of trees to make the climate colder also where it is dry and buildings and streets trap the heat
8: Why do we care about urban heat islands? What do they do to urban environments?
We care about it because it gets too hot and people use more electricity for their air conditioner. They raise the temperature in roofs of buildings
9: What can be done about the urban heat island effect?
We can put more green roofs and make green pavements so they wont trap that much heat
10: What are green roofs and what are their advantages?
A roof covered with plants so it can make it cooler
11: What is a cool pavement?
It a type of pavement that doesn't trap that much heat by reflecting more light
12: What is a pervious pavement? What is the advantage?
A type of pavement made of asphalt , concrete and gravel mixed to allow water to pass through it
FRQ
A) Temperature in urban areas differ from their surrounding areas because in urban it is hotter in the surface temperature and the air temperature
B) In urban areas there are more buildings and roads that trap the heat also there are less trees in urban areas which make the climate cooler
C) In urban areas the population is higher and this affects the air pollution because they use more cars and release more air pollution
D) They can help invest to make more green roofs to decrease the air temperature also they can help to make more cool pavement to decrease surface temperature