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LESSON
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What is climate?
1. The pattern of seasonal weather that happens in an area
climate
year after year is called
.
2. Two important factors that define climate are
precipitation
and
temperature
seasons
3. Temperate climates often have four
crops
4. The types of
grow depend on climate.
.
.
that farmers can
What determines climate?
5. The thin lines that run across maps are lines
of
latitude
.
6. Latitude is a measure of how far a place is from the
equator
, and it increases as you move
north or south.
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7. The lower the latitude, the
the climate.
warmer
8. The temperature differences between low and high
latitudes cause
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rises
9. Warm air near the equator
and moves toward the poles; cold air near the poles
sinks
and moves toward the equator.
10. A directed flow of water through the ocean is called
current
a(n)
.
11. Water heats more slowly and cools more
than land does.
slowly
12. Climates near the ocean are milder than climates
farther inland
.
How do mountains affect climate?
13. The climate at the base of a mountain is always
warmer
14. As a(n)
air mass
than the climate at the peak.
travels over a mountain,
climate
on one side
it dries out. So the
will be wetter than the climate on the other side.
Critical Thinking
15. What do you think the climate would be like if you lived
at the base of a mountain near the ocean?
than the peak. The climate near the ocean is more humid and
rainy. I think the climate at the base of the mountain would be very
warm, humid, and rainy.
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Possible answer: The climate at the base of a mountain is warmer