4.1 Climate

4.1 Climate

​I understand how different factors can affect global climate

I can differentiate between weather and climate

I can identify the factors that influence climate​

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What is the worst weather event you have ever witnessed first hand?

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How would you describe the climate in Northern Iowa/Southern Minnesota during October?

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What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather and Climate

Weather is the condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place. Climate is the average condition of temperature and precipitation in a region over long periods.

​Climate can vary over short distances.

These variations produce microclimates.

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How are weather and climate different?

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How are weather and climate similar?

Factors that affect Climate

Climate is affected by solar energy trapped in the biosphere, by latitude, and by the transport of heat by winds and ocean currents.

​- Temperature on Earth stays within a range suitable for life due to the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the trapping of heat by gases in the atmosphere.

- Earth’s curvature causes different latitudes to receive less or more intense solar energy. The unequal distribution of the sun’s heat on Earth’s surface results in three main climate zones: polar, temperate, and tropical.

- Unequal heating of Earth’s surface also causes winds and ocean currents. Winds and currents move heat and moisture through the biosphere.

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What are the main factors that determine climate?

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What would likely happen to global climate if there was a dramatic decrease in greenhouse gasses trapped in the atmosphere?

Poll

How confident do you feel in your understanding of the following success criteria: I can differentiate between weather and climate

• 4- I've got it

• 3 - I think I've got it

• 2 - I have some of it

• 1 - I don't know what's happening

Poll

How confident do you feel in your understanding of the following success criteria: I can identify the factors that influence climate​

• 4- I've got it

• 3 - I think I've got it

• 2 - I have some of it

• 1 - I don't know what's happening