How far north or south of the equator a place is located is important in determining this.
What is Climate?
100
______________ heats and cools more qucikly than bodies of water.
What is Land?
100
The elevation of landforms above sea level.
What is Altitude?
100
The Earth can be divided into six major what?
What is Climate Regions?
200
The weather
What is the state of the atmosphere at anygiven moment?
200
Because the surface of the planet is ___________, the sun's ras hit Earth at different angles.
What is Curved?
200
Places in the middle of a large _______________ are likely to be much colder than places along the coast.
What is continent?
200
The __________________ gets cooler the higher you go.
What is Air Temperature?
200
Each region has its own climate patterns and its own kinds of plant life or_____________?
What is Vegetation?
300
Refers to the different kinds of weather at a particular place over a long period of time
What is climate?
300
In these places the overall climate is neither very hot nor very cold, although temperatures can be very hot or very cold at times, depending on the season.
What is temperate?
300
These also affect the temperatures of some land areas such as the north Atlantic Drift.
What is Ocean currents?
300
What has another effect on climate, in addition to temperature change?
What is Altitude?
300
Thick vegetation and tall trees exist in many areas of the tropical climate region call ____________________.
What is Rain Forests?
400
Climate, like landforms and bodies of water, is important to these.
What is Plant, animal, and human life?
400
These coour because Earth is tilted o its axis 23.5 degrees in relation to Earth's path around the sun.
What is Seasons?
400
Cooler air from the water blows in and pushes the warmer air up and is known as?
What is Sea Breeze?
400
Snow and ice cover here all year long even though the climate is warm.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
400
Desert climates are found in areas where there is little precipitation for the whole year. These places are considered __________, or dry.
What is Arid?
500
The nearness to large areas of land or water and its altitude above sea level
What is Latitude?
500
The area on Earth at or near the equator.
What is Tropic?
500
Warmer air over the water is pushed up by the cooler air blowing out from the land and is known as ?
What is Land Breeze?
500
The drier side of the mountain that absorbs the moisture from the rain is what?
What is Rain Shadow?
500
The major difference between tropical and desert climates is ?