Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Climate

Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Climate

Multiple Select

What type of weather does Texas have?

• humid

• hot

• cold

• dry

Absolute and Relative Location

• Gulf of Mexico- relative location has major impact on weather

• Texas in midlatitudes- halfway between Equator and North Pole so weather varies

• Examples: Brownsville in southern tip has mild winters, Perryton in north has freezing winters

Multiple Choice

Which has freezing winters November through February?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Brownsville

• Houston

• Perryton

Climate and Elevation

• higher elevation means colder temperatures (1,000 feet= -3 degree)

• warm air holds more moisture, so as moisture travels up the mountain and turns to rain as it cools

• Davis mountains receive more rain than Chiuhauhuan Desert (mountains are higher elevation than desert)

Multiple Choice

Will it be hotter or colder with MORE elevation?

• hotter

• colder

Extreme Weather

• northers- cold weather coming from Canada to Texas

• Corpus Christi Bay froze solid from norther 1899

• Panhandle is in "Tornado Alley", have about 132 tornadoes a year

• Gulf of Mexico has hurricanes-Galveston destroyed by one in 1900

• Dust storms occur because of drought because the soil gets loose.

Multiple Choice

How many tornadoes touch down in Texas on average?

• 100

• 1,300

• 132

• 7