Large bodies of water affect climate because
APES: Atmosphere, Oceans, and Climate

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water heats up and cools more slowly than land
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The sun's rays are least direct near the poles, near the equator, at high altitudes, or far from the ocean?
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near the poles
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Climates zones are classified according to what two major factors?
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precipitation and temperature
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The land on the ______ side of the mountain range is in the rain shadow.
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leeward
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Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes visible light to reach the surface while infrared light is trapped as heat? Options: the hole in the ozone, the greenhouse effect, atmospheric pressure, the inversion layer
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the greenhouse effect
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Hurricanes occur in which part of the atmosphere?
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Troposphere
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What is the "greenhouse effect?"
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Greenhouse gases trap infrared radiation and warm the earth.
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