Name:
Date:
Block:
Section 3: Climate and Weather NOTES (pg. 40)
1. Why weather?
2. How is weather measured?
Compare & Contrast
Weather
Climate
Depends on:
Depends on:
Includes:
Includes:
Weather can vary
because:
Climate can vary
because:
3. Places in the
because they get
cold climates because their
or
have hot climates
sunlight. Places in the high latitudes or
is
4. Can wind and water affect climate? How? Give an example.
5. Can oceans affect climate? How? Give an example.
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have
6. Global wind patterns help create
.
7. What warm current is in the Atlantic Ocean? Which direction does it travel and what does it do?
8. What current runs along the coast of South America? Which direction does it travel and how does is affect
the country of Chile?
9. Explain how temperature can affect the land it is near.
10. What are the storms that form over the Pacific Ocean? The Atlantic Ocean?
Name:
Date:
Block:
Section 3: Climate and Weather NOTES (pg. 40)
1. Why weather? It answers the questions “Why is it there?” and helps you prepare
2. How is weather measured? precipitation and temperature
Compare & Contrast
Weather
Climate
Depends on:
Depends on:
Latitude
Includes: precipitation
and temperature
and
longitude
Weather can vary
because: day and night,
seasons, natural
disasters
Includes: weather
patterns from year to
year
Climate can vary
because: oceans, winds,
bodies of water, air and
ocean currents
3. Places in the low latitides or tropics have hot climates because they get direct sunlight. Places in the high
latitudes or polar regions have cold climates because their sunlight is indirect.
4. Can wind and water affect climate? How? Give an example. They spread heat around the globe as they
move-cold air sinks and hot air rises. Without water and wind the tropics would overheat.
5. Can oceans affect climate? How? They help distribute Earth’s heat and they shape climates. Ocean currents
move water away from the Equator and cold water moves toward the Equator.
6. Global wind patterns help create ocean currents.
7. What warm current is in the Atlantic Ocean? Which direction does it travel and what does it do? The Gulf
Stream, in the Atlantic Ocean, travels northeast away from the tropics. It carries warm water all the way from
the equator to western Europe. That warm water gives western Europe its mild climate compaired to the other
climates at the same latitude.
8. What current runs along the coast of South America? Which direction does it travel and how does is affect
the country of Chile? The Peru Current moves north from Antarctica along the coast of South America. It
affects the country of Chile by changing the climate to a cooler climate even though it is close to the equator.
9. Explain how temperature can affect the land it is near. Water takes longer to heat and cool therefore areas
around water have a different climate than areas that are not around water.
10. What are the storms that form over the Pacific Ocean? The Atlantic Ocean?
Tropical Cyclones
hurricanes