Factors Affecting Climate

What causes the Earth's seasons?

• distance from the equator
• prevailing winds
• the tilt of the Earth's axis
• rotation of Earth

The average weather conditions over a long period of time

• weather
• biome
• prevailing winds
• climate

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

• climate
• weather
• biome
• atmosphere

Places located at high latitude receives less sunlight than places at low latitude.

• True 
• False

The land on the ______ side of the mountain range is in the rain shadow.

• Cold
• windward
• Cloud covered
• leeward

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.

A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and the water temperatures in the mid Pacific region

• El Nino

• windward

• leeward

• rain shadow

Why is Houston so hot in the summer?

• We are so close to the Tropic of Capricorn

• We are so close to the Equator

• We are so close to the Tropic of Cancer

• We are so close to the Antarctic Circle

The process that can lead to the creation of a desert

• The Coriolis Effect

• El Nino

• Rain Shadow Effect

• Trade Winds

The side of a mountain that is facing the ocean, is called the windward side.

• True

• False