Factors that Affect Climate

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What is weather over a long period of time?

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Climate

Front

As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?

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It decreases

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The sun’s rays are least direct __________.

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near the poles.

Front

Large bodies of water affect climate of the land next to them because

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water heats up and cools more slowly than land

Front

Do ocean currents circulate the sun's heat?

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True

Front

Two factors to determine climate are: precipitation and temperature, hurricanes and tornadoes, humidity and pressure.

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precipitation and temperature

Front

Which of the following will heat the fastest? water, land, both heat at equal rates

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land

Front

The _______ of a mountain range is the side that receives a lot of precipitation.

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windward/wet side

Front

What makes global winds curve rather than move in straight lines? Options: the spinning of Earth, changes in air pressure, changes in temperature, differences in latitudes

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the spinning of Earth

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Distance north or south of the Equator is called _______.

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latitude