Air Temperature

Select two of the following Chapter 5 review questions to answer and explain to the best of your ability based on what you learn this week.

1. When do we experience the highest and lowest daily temperatures? Describe the daily cycles of incoming and outgoing energy and their relation to the variation in air temperature.
2. What factors determine air temperature at any given location and how do these factors influence temperature? Consider latitude, and other factors in your answer.
3. What are land and sea breezes and how does water (or the lack thereof) influence temperature? Compare and contrast the heating and cooling characteristics of large bodies of water and nearby land in your answer.