Climate I
Climate II
Climate III
Climate IV
Climate V
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The factor that is most important in determinng climate.
What is latitude.
100
Average weather of a place.
What is climate.
100
Constant movement of ocean water.
What is current.
100
Another way to categorize an area's climate is to describe the ___________ growth.
What is plant.
100
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.
What is weather.
200
Two variables that are important in determining climate.
What is temperature and rainfall (precipitation).
200
Climate with warm summers and cool/cold winters.
What is temperate climate.
200

Classification system based on five different climate zones

Koppen climate classification system

200
Climate that is warm year-round and rainy at least part of the year.
What is tropical.
200
Air that blows steadily over long distances.
What is global winds.
300
Wetter side of the mountain.
What is windward.
300
Burning _________________ increases the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - a factor in global warming.
What is fossil fuels.
300
The air that moves down the ___________ side of the mountain is dry and hot.
What is leeward.
300
Weather condition that causes severe weather in different areas around the Pacific. Occurs every 2-7 years.
What is El Nino
300
Direction most weather fronts tend to move in North America.
What is west to east.
400
The warm current that flows across the Atlantic toward Europe.
What is Gulf Stream.
400
Areas between 0 and 23.5 degrees latitudes (whether north or south) receive the ___________ insolation from the sun.
What is most.
400
As water vapor evaporates from warm ocean curents around the equator, __________ carry the water vapor away from the equator to cooler regions.
What is winds.
400

The Milankovitch cycles explain long term climate changes based on this

the change in Earth's orbit and axial tilt
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Boundary between two air masses.
What is front.
500
Climate with short, warm summers and long, cold winters.
What is polar climate.
500
Burning fossil fuels contribute to global warming by adding these to the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gasses (water vapor, carbon dioxide and ozone).
500

As altitude of a location increases, this decreases

What is temperature?

500
Latitude, distance from water, mountain ranges, ocean currents, winds, altitude.
What is specific factors that affect climate.
500
The layer of gases closest to Earth, where all weather takes place.
What is troposphere.
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