Climates of the Earth

Which is a factor that affects the climate in which we live?

• Ocean currents

• temperature

• amount of rain a year

• rotation of Earth

which affects an area's temperature and precipitation?

• earth's axis

• temperature

• elevation

• the animals

Earths axis is what?

• upside down

• tilted

• turning

• curved

How long is earths rotation?

• 21 hours

• 1 hour

• 1 year

• 24 hours

How long is the earth's revolution?

• 10 hours

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 1 day

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, what season do people experience there?

• Summer

• Spring

• fall

• winter

When the Southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun what season do they experience there?

• fall

• Spring

• Winter

• Summer

What is the earth's atmosphere like?

• heat

• oxygen

• glacier

• greenhouse

What is the green house effect?

• low-latitude area of very little wind

• trapping suns radiation to warm land, water, and air

• visible haze in atmosphere

• air moving across the face of the earth

Earths three latitude zones experience different what?

• Oxygen level

• Amount of precipitation

• Temperature

• Degrees of sunlight