Six Factors Affecting Climate

Climate is

• the further you get from the equator

• the higher you go, the colder it gets

• the conditions of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.

• the average weather conditions of an area over a long period of time.

What two factors are primarily used to describe climate?

• temperature and density

• temperature and humidity

• humidity and density

• winds and humidity

If you live near the ocean, in a marine climate, what kind of winters would you expect?

• Harsh, extreme winters

• Mild winters

• No winters at the beach.

• Really warm winters

As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?

• Nothing

• It increases

• It decreases

• It goes up and down

Large bodies of water affect climate because

• water heats up and cools more slowly than land

• water heats up and cools faster than land

• water and land cool at the same time

• water and land heat at the same rate

How does higher altitude affect climate?

• the higher you go above sea level, the colder it gets.

• The further you get from the equator, the colder it gets.

• The closer you get to the equator, the hotter it gets.

• The process by which heat from the sun is trapped near Earth's surface.

The sun’s rays are least direct __________.

• near the poles.      
• in July.
• near the equator.
• far from the ocean.

Large bodies of water affect climate of the land next to them because

• water heats up and cools more slowly than land

• water heats up and cools faster than land

• water and land cool at the same time

• water and land heat at the same rate

Distance north or south of the equator

• longitude
• latitude
• elevation
• weather

Conditions that vary from day to day such as temperature and precipitation

• climate
• weather
• biome
• atmosphere