6th Grade Weather and Climate Study Guide

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What are the two main factors that determine climate?

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temperature and precipitation

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What is the difference between climate and weather?

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Weather is the condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place, whereas climate is the characteristic weather in an area over a long period of time.

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Why do latitudes closer to the equator have warmer climates?

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Latitudes closer to the equator receive more solar energy than latitudes away from the equator.

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What is the ultimate energy source for wind?

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the sun

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How are latitude and air temperature related?

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The higher the latitude, the colder the air temperature

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What is the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation at a given temperature called?

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relative humidity

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As altitude decreases, what happens to air pressure?

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It increases.

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Why is Florida so susceptible to hurricanes?

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Florida is located near warm oceans and has flat topography that is vulnerable to the full force of winds and storm surges.

Front

Which of these changes of state would involve water absorbing energy?

• condensation
• deposition
• evaporation
• freezing

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evaporation

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What Zone is located between the poles and the equator, mild weather in the summer and colder weather in the winter, plenty of precipitation, most land masses located here.

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Temperate Zone