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Chapter 8 - The Water Cycle & Climates - Pages 184 - 210
85.
How does changing latitude affect climate?
86.
How does altitude affect climate?
87. What is meant by adiabatic cooling?
88. What type of climate occurs on the windward side of a mountain?
89. What type of climate occurs on the Leeward side of a mountain?
90. Explain how oceans and large bodies of water affect locations nearby.
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91. Compare the seasonal temperatures changes for locations near bodies of water versus locations far from bodies of
water.
92. Explain how ocean currents affect the climate of locations they pass.
93. There are regions of rising and sinking air currents within different planetary wind belts. Explain how rising or
sinking air affects climate.
94. Explain why southern Asia is usually dry in the winter months
95. Explain why southern Asia is usually wet in the summer months.
96. What state also experiences monsoon-like condition?
97. How do storm tracks move across the United States?
98. How do these storm tracks affect hurricanes which form in the southern Atlantic Ocean?