BIOL 201 Natural History of Grenada Lecture 3: Climate & Weather

<p>Low seasonality with steady trade winds and showery rains distributed into two seasons</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Location and orientation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Weather is the atmosphere conditions for a certain location at a specific point in time, while climate is the average daily atmospheric conditions for an extended period of time at a certain location.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They influence climate and weather by affecting temperature, precipitation, and atmospheric pressure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, wind, atmospheric pressure, sunshine, snow, sleet, thunderstorms, heat waves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Weather: specific point in time; Climate: extended period of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Latitude, elevation, topography.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biodiversity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By affecting the distribution of temperature and moisture</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Weather is the short-term atmospheric conditions, while climate is the long-term average conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and Subtropical Cyclone Belt</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Elevation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Little Seasonality with Steady Trade Winds</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By carrying rafts of vegetation from the mainland to the islands</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The diversity of species on islands increases with the area of the island</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By serving as probable sources/routes for ocean waif dispersal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Island distance and its effect on colonization rates</p> Signup and view all the answers