Earth's Changing Patterns

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Brisbane

If the Earth’s tilt changed from 23 to 45 degrees there would be a massive difference from how life on Earth is currently. In Brisbane the temperature change between Summer and Winter would be huge as in summer the temperature would be very hot, and the summer solstice would be much longer, (Highered.mheducation.com, 2015)
Where as in Winter it would be much colder, the solstice would also be further inland and it would last longer. A lot of vegetation would die as it could not adapt to the harsher climate and the same could be said for animals.

The angle of incidence would vary a lot due to the Earth’s new tilt. In Brisbane during the summer the angle of incidence would be 62 degrees and in Winter it would be 35 degrees. At Earths …show more content…

The equator would still be the line through the middle; the tropics would still be in the same positions and the Arctic and Antarctic Circle at each pole. The only thing that would change is the amount of sunlight each position gets. Due to the sunlight not being concentrated anymore the equator wouldn’t be the hottest place on earth. The hottest place would vary with the …show more content…

The climate would be much more erratic, most plants and animals would die out. Moreover, days in summer would be longer and hotter and days in winter would be shorter and colder. The Andes Mountains

In Peru there is a mountain range called the Andes Mountains. On the western side of the mountain is a desert and on the eastern side is a rainforest. The reason this can occur is due to something called the rain shadow effect. The rain shadow effect occurs when there is a vent of warm air next to a mountain; this vent makes rain clouds expand and not precipitate. As the rain cloud rises up the side of the mountain it eventually reaches a point in the atmosphere cold enough to make the rain cloud contract and precipitate due to the loss of space.

Altitude impacts the temperature of an air mass due to the higher you go the less pressure the atmosphere has which makes gas lose energy therefore reducing temperature. Eventually the air mass gets cold enough to condense, and once enough water vapour condenses it precipitates onto the rainforest. The reason it does not condense over the desert is due to the air being to hot for enough water vapour to