Seasons and Climate

What is a season?

• hot

• summer

• windy

• Saturday

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How many seasons are there in San Francisco?

• 4

• 12

• 1

• 2

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What causes Earth's seasons?

• The Earth's tilted axis

• Hotness and coldness

• closeness to the Sun

• the Greenhouse Effect

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What is weather?

• The short term conditions of the air in a place

• The average weather over 30 years

• Hot, dusty, windy

• A beautiful day

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What is climate?

• The average weather conditions over 30 years

• The short term conditions of the air in a place

• Global warming

• Earth's atmosphere

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What is the equator?

• An imaginary line that divides the Earth in half

• North and South

• half half

• The center of the Earth

What is latitude?

• The distance North and South from the equator

• The distance East and West from the Prime Meridian

• The imaginary line that divides the Earth in half

What is longitude?

• The distance East and West from the Prime Meridian

• The distance North and South from the equator

• A measure of the weather in an area

What factors impact a place's climate? Choose 3!

• latitude

• elevation

• nearness to the ocean

• closeness to the sun

• the weather in a place

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What regions tend to have the hottest climate?

• Regions near the equator

• Regions near the poles

• Chicago

• Regions near the ocean

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