Regions 2: Climate and Rain Shadows

What is the difference between weather and climate ?

• Climate is just one day of weather.

• Climate is when it snows and then rains.

• Climate is weather over a long period of time.

• Climate is spelled with 7 letters and weather is spelled with 6 letters.

Which of these affects a region's climate

• distance from the equator

• the number of palm trees

• the setting on the air condition

• the types of animals that live nearby

Which of these affects a region's climate

• distance from the nearest Chick-fil-A

• distance from the ocean

• distance from Antarctica

• distance from the moon

Which of these affects a region's climate ?

• longitude

• aptitude

• altitude

• attitude

Which of these DO NOT affect California's climate ?

• distance from the equator

• distance from the nearest airport

• distance from the ocean

• altitude

Generally, storms in California arrive from what body of water ?

• Lake Kaweah

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• my neighbors' swimming pool

From Visalia, which direction from us is the Pacific Ocean ?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Most of California's mountain ranges run which direction ?

• North to South

• East to West

The rain shadow effect explains why...

• there is a desert region on the east side of the Sierra Nevada

• there is a jungle region on the east side of the Sierra Nevada

• there is a coastal region on the east side of the Sierra Nevada

• there is a tundra region on the east side of the Sierra Nevada

Which of these photos show evidence of a rain shadow ?

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