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What type of climate is warm all year round?
Tropical
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What is the most important factor that influences climate?
Latitude
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How is it possible that there would be snow on high mountains that are located near the equator where it is very warm?

Because the higher the elevation, the colder the temperature.

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Areas located far from the equator have what type of climates?

Cold/ polar/ arctic

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Areas located near the equator usually have what type of climate?

Warm / Tropical

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What do warm ocean currents do to nearby land?

Warm it.

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Which climate region is cold and dry all year round?
Polar
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True or False: Mountainous areas are affected by precipitation.

True

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What happens to a water current when it reaches the equator?
It gets warm.
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True or False: 90% of the ocean are deep ocean currents.

TRUE

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What is the name for the side of the mountain that gets most of the precipitation?
Windward
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What happens to a water current as it nears the poles?
It gets colder.
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True or False: The arctic is a desert.

True. 

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What is the name for the side of the mountain that gets little or no precipitation?
Leeward
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How does latitude affect climate?

Generally, areas closer to the equator are warmer, and areas farther from the equator are colder.

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Weather or Climate?

Canada has very cold winters

Climate

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Why does an area far from water have such an extreme range of temperatures throughout the year?

Land heats up and cools down quickly.

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How are weather and climate different?

Weather describes conditions from day to day and climate describes averaged conditions over a long period of time.

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Explain what lines of latitude are.
They run east and west and measure distance north or south of the equator.
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What is created when warm, wet air loses all its precipitation as it goes over a mountain?

Rain Shadow Effect 

(Very dry climates on the other side of the mtn)

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How many years of data are needed to determine a place's climate?

30 years

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Explain how the climate of land located near an ocean is affected by the ocean.

Because water heats up more slowly and cools down more slowly, the climate is moderated on the land.

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What affect do warm winds have on climate?

They warm up the area.

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What makes ocean water denser?

Cold temperatures OR higher salt concentration.

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What are three factors that influence climate?

Latitude, Ocean Currents, Winds, Elevation, Proximity to Water

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