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Climate: Factors that Affect Climate
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Define Climate:
Weather:
The conditions of the atmosphere at a particular time: _____________________
__________________ , ______________ , _______________________
May __________________ day to day
Temperature
 Climates are chiefly described by using ___________________
_________________ and ____________________________
 Averaging done by taking the ____________and __________________ temps
of the day and averaging them
 Monthly average is the __________________ of all the
_____________________________averages
 Yearly average is average of all _______________________averages
Yearly temperature range
 The difference between the highest and lowest monthly averages
This can be misleading
 Areas that have _________________________average temperatures may
have very ___________________________ temperature ranges
Precipitation
 Is also described using average monthly and yearly averages
 As with temperature they can not adequately describe a climate
 The months that have the l________________amounts of precip are
important for determining climate
 ____________________ as well as averages must be considered
Factors that affect temp and precip are:
1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
I. Latitude
 Different latitudes receive different amounts of _________________ energy
 Solar E determines _____________ and ______________ _______________
which influence the temp and precipitation
What is our latitude and longitude?
 Winfield is ____________________, _____________________
 ? How does latitude affect our climate?
Solar Energy
 The _______________________ the latitude the smaller the angle at which
the sun’s rays hit Earth
 Due to __________________ tilt on axis and _________________around the
sun
Global Wind Patterns
Winds affect many weather conditions
1.___________________________________
2._______________________________________
_________________________________________
3.
Regions that have different wind belts have different climates
 Low pressure--air rises, cools and lots of rain
 High pressure—air sinks little rain-deserts
Heat Absorption and Release
 Latitude and cloud cover affect the amt of solar E an area receives
 However different areas absorb and release heat differently
 Land heats up and cools off ________________

___________________________ heats up and cools off slower
 The energy warms the air and affects climate
El Nino-Southern Oscillation
 A cycle of changing wind and water current patterns in the
________________ Ocean
 Every _______________ years the warm water phase causes the surface
water temps along the west coast of South America to ___________________
 Can change global weather patterns
Seasonal Winds
 Include the ________________________
Topography
 The ________________________of the land influences climate
 _____________________________ produces distinct temperature change
Rain Shadows
 When a moving mass of air approaches a mountain is it raised up over the
range
 When it rises, it cools and if it is moist, rain falls on the __________________
side of the mountain. The other side is _______________________
Climate Zones Pg 637
Earth has __________ major climate zones
1. __________________________________
2. ___________________________________
3. ______________________________________
Tropical Climates
 ____________ temperatures in the ________________________regions
 Three types of tropical climates:
1. __________________________________________
2. __________________________________________
3. __________________________________________
Tropical Rain Forest
 Humid and warm
 Dense __________________________
 Rainfall of _____________cm/yr
Tropical desert
 Less than ______ cm /yr of rainfall little or no vegetation N Africa and SW Asia
Savanna
 Open ______________________that have drought resistant trees and shrubs
 Very wet summers and very dry winters
 S America
 SE Asia
 Africa
 N Australia
Middle Latitude-temperate
 _________________ to ___________________ degrees
 Many ___________________________
Polar Regions
Three types of polar climates
1. __________________________________________
2. __________________________________________
3. __________________________________________
Sub arctic climate
Has the largest temperature __________________________
(as much as __________________ degrees
Tundra climate
smaller range of temps but average temp is ___________________________
Polar icecap climate
Most of the ________________surface and much of the ______________ are
covered in thick __________ of ice
Average temps ______________________ rise above freezing
Local climates
 The climate of a small area is called a ___________________________