EEn 2.6.1/2.6.2 - Climate Classification

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

What is weather?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place.
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

What climate does a desert have? High temperatures, low precipitation - refer to your Climate Classification WS!

• Mild

• Polar

• Dry

• Continental

Antarctica is cold all the time - very low temperatures, very low precipitation - refer to your Climate Classification WS! What is it's climate?

• Continental

• Polar

• Dry

• Mild

The seasons are caused by___________?

• The direction the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun
• Tropical Storms
• Changes in the moon
• The Earth's rotation on its axis

Which of the following does NOT have an affect on a region's climate?

• Oceans

• Latitude

• Mountains (Altitude)

• Longitude

What are the two BIGGEST factors that determine an areas climate?

• elevation and precipitation

• precipitation and temperature

• latitude and topography

• topography and temperature

As distance from the equator (latitude) ____________ temperature ____________.

• increases, decreases

• decreases, increases

• increases, increases

• decreases, decreases

As height above sea level (altitude) _____________ temperature ___________.

• decreases, decreases

• increases, increases

• increases, decreases

• decreases, increases

Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?

•  LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures
• There is no relationship