ClimateWhat is climate…in your own words…

Climate (official): The average ________________conditions over a large area, over a long period of _______________.

Climate is based on several factors:1. Latitude

High Latitudes=___________________ Cooler due to ____________angle of

insolation. __________, due to cooler air and

______________air. Low Latitudes=____________________________

Hotter due to more __________ insolation ____________due to ________________air.

As latitude__________________________, the average annual temperature________________________.

2. Planetary Wind Belts: Caused by _______________ heating of earth, creating

global circulation. Winds curve due rotation of Earth, =

__________________Effect

Winds and ______________track from ____________to ______________.

Prevailing _________________cause the Low pressure sytems to move towards the _______________________.

3. Orographic effect---Mountains as barriers

Windward side:_______________,__________________. Leeward side:_______________, ___________________.

Lake Effect Snow:i. Results from a cold _____ _________ moving over a

comparatively warm body of _______________. The warm “lake” water evaporates and rises, providing moisture to the air mass. When the cold air mass

moves over a higher elevation, such as New York’s Tug Hill Plateau, the clouds precipitate, typically in the form of snow.

4. Elevation _______________elevations are _______________.

As elevation _________, the average

annual temperature __________.

5. Ocean Currents: East coasts of continents: __________ ocean

currents (From equator toward poles) West coasts of continents: __________ ocean

currents (From poles toward equator) _________________Currents: ________________climate _________________Currents:_________________climate

Practice page 4: esrt1. Name the ocean current affecting Long Island.2. Is it a warm or cool current?3. What current does it turn into as it continues north?

4. How does that affect temperature of Europe?

6. Closeness to a large body of water Coastal: water keeps temperatures _______________

(Not extremely hot or cold) Inland: allows wide ____________of temperatures

Which location is closer to the coast?

How can you tell?

Water ______________the temperatures. ___________________summers, __________________winters

El Niño and La Niña _____________________– unusually warm surface

current in the Pacific that influences worldwide weather patterns (____________trade winds)

La Niña – unusually ___________ surface current (____________ trade winds)

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