Weather and Climate
The Sun and Climate
Wind's Effect on Climate/ El Nino and La Nina
Climate and Landforms
Ocean currents
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What is weather?
Weather is the unpredictable changes in air that take place over a short period of time.
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Where are tropics?
Tropics are the areas near the equator below the Tropic of Cancer,23 1/2 degrees north and Tropic of Capricorn, 23 1/2 degrees south.
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What is the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon?
A hurricane occurs in the Atlantic Ocean. Typhoons occur in the Asian region.
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How does El Nino occur?
Combination of wind and water affects.
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What are currents?
Streams of water that carry certain temperature water.
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What is climate?
The usual predictible pattern of weather in an area over an long period of time.
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Where is the sun directly overhead?
Over the tropics.
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What are tornadoes?
Funnel-shaped windstorms that sometimes occur during severe thunderstorms.
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How does the shape of landforms affect climate?
Where the are and how they block rain and wind.
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Do ocean currents follow certain patterns or none at all?
Certain patterns.
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How is climate affected?
Climate is affected by the sun, wind, oceans, bodies of water, landforms, and even people.
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When the north pole is tilting towards the sun what hemisphere has the most sunlight?
The northern hemisphere.
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What is La Nina Spanish for?
Girl.
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What are local winds?
Pattern of wind caused by landforms.
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What areas of the world would be affected by a change in the gulf stream?
Eastern USA and Canada.
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What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather occurs during a short period of time and is unpredictable. Climate occurs over a long period of time and is predictable.
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What is the original source of climate?
The sun.
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What year did the world experience unusual weather?
1998
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What is a rain shadow?
A dry area on the side of a mountain.
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From ocean streams who gets warmer air Canada or Europe?
Europe.
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How do scientists understand climate?
To understand climate scientists have to look at the extremes of the precipitation and temperature.
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How does the tilt of the earth affect climate?
It changes how the sun rays reach the earth.
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What holiday does El Nino usually occur around?
Christmas
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Why are ares of higher elevation usually colder?
The air particles of heat are spread farther out.
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What happens to the jet stream when El Nino occurs?
The jet stream lowers to the south.
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