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This climate factor that affects the temperature of an area is the distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
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The degree of Earth's tilt in relation to its orbital plane.
What is 23.5 degrees?
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Line of latitude that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and receives the most direct sunlight year-round.
What is the equator?
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Climate in a small area.
What is microclimate?
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The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a given time and place.
What is weather?
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This factor that affects temperature is the reason that a mountain top is colder than sea level.
What is altitude?
200
Earth's seasons are caused by __________ .
What are the tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun?
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23.5 degrees north is called __________ .
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
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These are the two main factors determining the climate of a region.
What are temperature and precipitation?
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The average year-to-year weather in an area.
What is climate?
300
This factor that affects precipitation in an area is a landform.
What is a mountain (or mountain range)?
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Two days of the year that mark the beginning of spring and fall when daylight and night time are equal in length.
What is the equinox?
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Precipitation is greatest on this side of a mountain.
What is the windward side?
300
Cape Cod's and Chicago's temperatures are affected by this climate factor; Phoenix and Pittsburgh are not.
What is proximity to a large body of water?
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A large blob of air that has similar temperature, pressure and humidity.
What is an air mass?
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An example of this factor that affects temperature is the Gulf Stream.
What is ocean currents?
400
The day that marks the beginning of summer when daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere are the longest of the year.
What is the summer solstice?
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North of this line of latitude sees 24 hours of daylight in late June.
What is the Arctic Circle (66.5 degrees north)
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In which temperature zone is most of the United States located?
What is the temperate zone?
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The area where two air masses collide; unstable weather often happens here.
What is a front?
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An example of this climate factor that affects precipitation in Hawaii are the Trade Winds.
What is prevailing winds?
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The month of the year that Earth is the closest in distance to the sun.
What is January?
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The temperate zone is between these two lines of latitude.
What are 23.5 degrees and 66.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees and 66.5 degrees south?
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The side of a mountain that is in the rain shadow is also called the ___________ side.
What is leeward?
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The longest daylight hours in Australia occur in which month?
What is December?
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