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How's the Weather
What Causes the Weather
What Causes Different Climates
Reasons for the Seasons
100
The blanket of air that surrounds the Earth
What is atmosphere?
100
Solar radiation
What is energy, including light and heat, produced by the sun?
100
Rays
What is the straight line paths that solar radiations travels in.
100
Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
What are the seasons?
200
Climate
What is the long term weather conditions in a region?
200
The warming of the Earth due to gases in the atmosphere that trap heat near Earth's surface.
What is the greenhouse effect?
200
The sun's rays hit the Earth most directly here.
What is the equator.
200
Orbit
What is the path of one object, as it moves around another object?
300
Weather
What is the condition of the atmosphere at any given time in a particular location?
300
After warm air near the equator rises, it goes here.
What is toward the poles.
300
The sun's rays hit these places at a slant, or angle.
What is north and south of the equator?
300
The imaginary line around which an object rotates
What is an axis?
400
This affects the types of plants and animals that are found in a region.
What is Climate?
400
After cold air near the poles sink, it moves here.
What is the equator?
400
The diagram on page 8 shows this.
What is how the sun's rays hit different parts of the Earth.
400
When the Northern Hemisphere points towards the sun, it has this season.
What is Summer?
500
The climate of this continent is hot and dry.
What is Africa?
500
This is the purpose of the diagram on page 7.
What is to show the how air flows or travels from the equator to the poles and back again.
500
Solar radiation from the sun strikes Earth at different angles, resulting in this.
What is uneven heating of Earth.
500
When the Southern Hemisphere is titled away from the sun, it has this season.
What is Winter?