Causes of Climate
Seasons
Mountain Ranges & Climate
Oceans & Climate
Temperature Zones
100
Precipitation and temperature
What are the two main factors that describe the climate of a region
100
23.5 degrees
What is degrees of Earth's tilt?
100
Windward
What side of a mountain does the wind first hit?
100
Ocean Currents
What are steams of water within the oceans that move in regular patterns
100
tropical zone
What is 23.5 degrees north and south latitude all the way to the equator.
200
A small area with climate conditions that differ from those around it.
What is a microclimate
200
Earth's tilt
What causes the seasons?
200
Leeward side
What side of a mountain receives less precipitation?
200
Pacific Ocean
What is the name of the ocean closest to us.
300
the atmospheric conditions at a particular time and place
What is weather
300
Summer
What season is the southern hemisphere have in January?
300
Rain Shadow
What is the part of a mountain that receives very little precipitation
300
A warm river of water stretching from the Gulf of Mexico up to Ireland.
What is the Gulf Stream
400
What measures the distance north or south of the equator
What is latitude
400
San Gabriel Mountains
What is the closest mountain range to San Marino?
400
California Current
What is the name of the cold ocean current that effects the coast of California
400
Temperate Zone
What is the area on earth between 23.5 and 66.5 degrees latitude. We live in the temperate zone.
500
34 degrees north latitude
What is our latitude in San Marino?
500
Death Valley
What is a rain shadow in Nevada?
500
A very cold area on earth above 66.5 degrees north and south latitude.
What is the Polar Zone
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