Sun's Influence, Weather and Climate

Which sentence best describes how latitude and air temperature are related?

• The lower the latitude, the colder the air temperature.

• The higher the latitude, the warmer the air temperature.

• The higher the latitude, the colder the air temperature.

• The lower the latitude, the air temperature remains the same

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Three towns are located at similar latitudes. Which town will have the least difference between the average high temperature and the average low temperature?

• a town in a desert

• a town high in the mountains

• a town near the ocean

• none of the above

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What influences weather and climate?

• oceans

• sunlight

• mountains

• all of the above

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The Earth’s surface is heated unevenly because___.

• Sunlight hits the poles with intense direct bright light and little sun hits the Equator.

• The heat deep inside Earth heats up different hemispheres.

• Earth is a sphere and so the sunlight hits the Earth at different angles. The Equator gets direct intense light and the pols get indirect light.

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What are prevailing winds?

• Wind that is created by a tornado

• Global wind patterns that blow from the southeast

• Global patterns of wind that generally move in a certain direction.

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Which direction do trade winds blow?

• Left to Right

• North to South

• Right to Left

• South to north

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