Climate Intro Review

What is the difference between climate and weather?

• Climate is short term and weather is long term

• Weather focuses on temperature and precipitation while climate only focuses on temperatures

• Weather is short term and climate is long term

• Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere while Climate is the conditions on the ground

Is this describing weather or climate?

The high today is 75 degrees and the low is 57. There is a 75% chance of rain so you may want your umbrellas today.

• Climate

• Weather

Is this describing weather or climate?

You can expect partly cloudy skies today with the temperatures dropping over the next few days due to an incoming cold front.

• Climate

• Weather

Is this describing weather or climate?

This time of year the temperatures are usually between 65 and 45 degrees.

• Climate

• Weather

What factors have a major affect on the climate of an area?

Select ALL that apply

• Altitude

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Large Bodies of Water

• Mountains

What does the latitude of a location tell us?

• How far North or South a location is on the globe.

• How far East or West a location is on the globe

• The amount of rain a location gets each year

• The elevation of the location compared to sea level

How does latitude effect climate?

• The closer to the equator the colder the climate is

• Latitudes around the equator get more direct sun than latitudes around the poles so the latitudes at the equator have warmer climates while the poles have colder ones

• Latitude depicts the elevation of a location. The higher the elevation the colder the climate so the higher the latitude the colder the climate

• Latitude has no effect on climate at all

Which number below is a latitude?

• 15 degrees East

• 30 degrees West

• 45 feet above sea level

• 40 degrees South

What is altitude?

• How far North or South a region is on the globe

• The elevation of a region compared to sea level

• Rain Shadows

• The average temperatures of a region

Which describes an altitude?

• 18 feet above sea level

• 45 degrees Fahrenheit

• 18 degrees north

• No precipitation