What causes climate?

Question

why isnt the earth just a uniform lump?

Answer 1

Climate is the weather of a place over a long period of time. I think your question is What causes weather? There are different types of weather for different parts of the world because Earth is on an axis and is a globe. The Earth spins around and faces the sun in different places based on the season.

Answer 2

The earth is affected by many things.   The sun, the rotation of the earth,   circulation patterns,  proximity to a water source and many others are all working continuously with and against each other.   For those reasons alone that is why you don't see that uniform lump,   you just mentioned.

Answer 3

Thats a big question!

The earth absorbs a lots of solar radiation and also emits radiation...the difference between them is one cause

The water cycle is another...but to be honest the easiest answer to this is the link below to wikipedia!

Answer 4

Because there a large land masses in a vast ocean, oceans are differing depths and so heating cooling effects of the sun make ocean currents. Clouds. The earth is rotating and because it is tilted relative to the plane in which it orbits the sun different parts of the surface are heated differently at different times of the year, so we get polar icecaps etc. Rotation etc affect the way winds form as do the temperature differences and those ocean currents. Water is the key ingredient, however, it so readily forms ice, liquid, and vapour within temperatures easily reached on earth and so it drives weather patterns etc etc.

Answer 5

The most important factors that affecting climate are:    

*  Distance From The Sea

    * Ocean Currents

    * Direction of Prevailing Winds

    * Relief

    * Proximity To The Equator

    * The El Nino Phenomenon

    * Recently, it has been accepted that human activity is also affecting climate.

Answer 6

The earth is tilted 23.5 degrees and that Is why we have climate, seasons, water currents, wind patterns, and more. With the titlt it effects the wind patterns to make different temperatures. The average temperature effects the climate (like if it is usually cold temps. you will have a cold climate)

The earths tile Creates climate. Hope this helps!!