affects the wind system? Our planet's rotation produces a force on all bodies moving relative to theEarth. Due to Earth's approximately spherical shape, this force is greatest at the poles and least at the Equator.
The force, called the "Coriolis effect," causes the
direction of winds and ocean currents to be deflected. In the Northern Hemisphere, wind and currents are deflected toward the right, in the Southern Hemisphere they are deflected to the left.
What is Coriolis Effect?
TheCoriolis effectis most apparent in the path of an object moving longitudinally. On the Earth an object that moves along a north-south path, or longitudinal line, will undergo apparent deflection to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Philippines has two pronounced seasons, the wet
and dry seasons, Harvesting is mostly done during dry season. In some places farmers cannot plant crops during dry season because they do not have modern irrigation and the lack of water. Farmers usually plant their crops during wet season to ensure that it will grow because water is plenty. Sometimes too much rain may cause landslides, mudflows and erosion that may damage crops, lives and properties
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Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Some countries experienced four seasons. The Philippines has experienced only two distinct seasons. What are these two distinct seasons of the Philippines? a. wet and wet b. wet and dry c. dry and dry d. summer and winter 2. People living in Gusatbak are mostly farmers, at what particular time of the year they usually plant their crops? a. wet season b. dry season c. winter season d. spring season
3. During what particular season do farmers usually
harvest their crops? a. wet season b. dry season c. summer season d. winter season 4. What are some bad effects of too much rain? a. landslides b. mudflows c. erosion d. all of these
5. Which of the following shows bad effects of too much
dry season? a. drought b. flooding c. erosion d. landslide
What do you think will happen to our crops if we
have snow in the Philippines? When are we going to plant and harvest our crops? What activities we can do given only two seasons wet and dry?
What are the two seasons in the Philippines?
The Philippines has two pronounced seasons, the wet
and dry seasons, Harvesting is mostly done during dry season. In some places farmers cannot plant crops during dry season because they do not have modern irrigation and the lack of water. Farmers usually plant their crops during wet season to ensure that it will grow because water is plenty. Sometimes too much rain may cause landslides, mudflows and erosion that may damage crops, lives and properties
Choose the letter of the
correct answer. 1. What are the two distinct seasons of the Philippines? a. dry and winter b. wet and dry c. summer and winter d. summer and spring 2. At what particular time of the year do farmers usually plant their crops? a. dry season b. wet season c. winter season d. summer season
3. When do farmers usually harvest their crops?
a. dry season b. wet season c. winter season d. summer season 4. Too much rain will cause? a. landslide b. mudflows c. erosion d. all of the above 5. Dry season sometimes have bad effects. Which one is an ill effect of dry season? a. flooding b. drought c. erosion d. landslide
Why is there no Snow in
the Philippines?
Why is it that other
countries have four seasons while the Philippines have only two?
An imaginary line divides the Earth into
halves and it is said to be the zero degrees (0) is called equator. Places above the equator are said to be in the Northern Hemisphere and these located below the equator are said to be in the Southern Hemisphere. Another imaginary line drawn from the North Pole down to the South Pole is called Meridian. The distance expressed in degrees is called longitude. Places from the prime meridian to the west are said to be the Western hemisphere and the opposite to be in the Eastern Hemisphere.
The earth tilts on its axis at an angle of
23 degrees. It rotates on its axis every 23 hours 56 minutes and 0.5 seconds or 24 hours. This rotation gives us day and night. As it rotates, it also revolves around the sun completing its journey every 365 days or I year. This movement of the earth around the sun gives us the 4 seasons (summer, autumn, winter, and spring), However, one region of the Earth has no marked change of season. This is the region around the equator, where it is hot all year round.
Region around the equator is hot
all year round because it round because it receives direct rays from the sun. Countries lying on or near the equatorial region experience a climate characterized by distinct hot and rainy months. The Philippines is located in this region, this region provides the Philippines with two pronounced weather condition during the year which is wet season and dry
Seasonal Winds are called
monsoons. The northeast monsoon known as Amihan, chills the Philippines from December to January. It passes from Siberia. From March to May Southeast monsoon known as Habagat bringing much rain throughout the country. It absorbs much moisture as it passes the surrounding bodies
Trivia: Aurora Borealis
Earths rotation and
revolution 1.Rotation of earth takes place on its axis while revolution is its motion around sun. 2.Rotation is completed in 24 hrs while revolution takes 365 days for completion. 3.Due to rotation, there is a difference in the times across nations in the world.
the sun and the globe the earth. This
movement is called revolution. The earths movement along its axis is called rotation. The earth rotates on its axis in a west to east direction. The part of the earth facing the sun experiences day while part away from the sun experiences night. Since the earths axis is tilted, the earths experiences unequal periods of lights and darkness at different times of the year. The length of daylight changes from day to day, and seasons to seasons as the earth revolves around the sun.
This two movements causes the seasons.
The temperate countries experiences four seasons. These seasons are summer, autumn, winter and spring. Take note of the earths position on June 21 or 22, on these dates, the northern hemisphere experiences the shortest day. This day is called the summer solstice. The northern hemisphere receives more direct rays of the sun while the southern hemisphere receives less. On December 21 or 22, the northern hemisphere experiences the shortest day while the southern hemisphere experiences the longest day. This date is called the winter