Geology
- Why does the annual temperature range increase as the latitude increases?
- Although this situation is not always true, the three climographs show decreasing precipitation with latitude. Why is there potential for greater precipitation at lower latitudes? Land heats and cools more rapidly than water. Therefore. seasonal temperature variation is moderated at locations influenced by large water bodies. In these marine climates summers generally do not get excessively hot. and winters do not get excessively cold. By contrast, areas farther away from large water bodies experience greater seasonal temperature variation. Extremes are greater in these continental climates. Compare the marine climate Of Revkjavik with the continental climate of Yakutsk.
- What is the average annual temperature range at Reykjavik?Yakutsk?
- Name two other places that would have different temperature patterns because of their contrasting proximity to the ocean. (Choose places with similar latitudes.)
