Factors Affecting Climate

Factors Affecting Climate

How can we predict an area's climate?

Review - Climate

• Climate describes weather patterns over a long period of time.

• Climate includes temperature and precipitation.

• Climate describes how things usually are.

Multiple Choice

How hot or cold something is

• Precipitation

• Temperature

• Climate

Multiple Choice

Water falling from the sky

• Precipitation

• Temperature

• Climate

Multiple Choice

Weather patterns over a long period of time.

• Precipitation

• Temperature

• Climate

Multiple Choice

Today it will be hot and sunny.

• Climate

• Weather

Multiple Choice

Summers here are usually hot and sunny.

• Climate

• Weather

Multiple Select

Which three will the CLIMATE help you decide?

• What animals can survive here?

• Can people ski in the winter here?

• Should I wear sunglasses?

• What crops will grow here?

• Will there be laps at lunch today?

Multiple Choice

Your family is going Apple Picking today, and you want to know if the trip will be cancelled due to rain.

It will be more helpful to know ____.

• Today's Weather

• The Usual Climate

Multiple Choice

Your family is going on a vacation to a farm, and you want to know what crops they grow there.

It will be more helpful to know ____.

• Today's Weather

• The Usual Climate

Open Ended

Describe one difference between weather and climate.

"One difference between weather and climate is ______, but ______."

Distance from the Equator

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Labelling

Label these locations on the Earth.

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Equator

North Pole

South Pole

Dropdown

Areas near the ​

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feel hot because they ​

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get direct sunlight.

Areas near the ​

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feel cold because they ​

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get direct sunlight.

Open Ended

Where would you predict warmer temperatures, Massachusetts or Florida?

I would predict warmer temperatures in _____ because _______.

Distance from the Ocean

• Places near the ocean get more precipitation.

• Places near the ocean have more constant temperatures.

Multiple Choice

Places near the ocean have...

• More Precipitation

• Less Precipitation

Multiple Choice

Places near the ocean have...

• Variable temperatures

• Constant temperatures

Open Ended

Where would you predict more precipitation - in Boston or in Colorado?

I would predict more precipitation in ____ because _____.

Distance from Sea Level (Elevation)

• Mountain tops are colder than flat land.

• Mountains get more precipitation than flat land.

Multiple Choice

The top of a mountain is ____ than the area below it.

• Colder

• Hotter

Multiple Choice

The top of a mountain is ____ than the area below it.

• Drier

• Wetter

Multiple Choice

We measure elevation as the distance from ____.

• Earth's Core

• Sea Level

Open Ended

Where would you predict more snow - on top of a mountain or on flat land?

I would predict more snow on ____ because ____.

Open Ended

We know that Boston has cold temperatures and lots of rainfall.

Choose one factor to explain why.

Boston has ______ because ______.