Factors of climate

What is the average weather of an area over a long period of time?

• climate

• weather

What are four factors that affect climate?

• latitude

• proximity (closeness) to large body of water

• earthquakes

• Convection currents (ocean/air)

• altitude/elevation

What are the major climate zones?

• tundra, desert, mediterranean

• grasslands, mountains, rainforest

• polar, temperate, tropical

Identify the factor that influence the temperature of these two areas

• Latitude

• Elevation

• Distance from Large Bodies of Water

• Ocean Currents

Which city will have a cooler average temperature

• Chapel Hill

• Havana

What is the height of an area above sea level?

• altitude

• topography

• latitude

• longitude

A city near a warm current will have a __________ climate.

• warmer

• colder

• moderate

• temperate

The California ocean current comes by the Pacific Northwest after having been at the poles. This causes the climate off the coast of Oregon to be _______________.

• warm

• cool

Water heats up and cools down _________ slowly than land.

• more

• less

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B