Climate Factors and Change

What is the relationship between latitude and climate?

• higher latitudes are colder

• higher latitudes are warmer

• lower latitudesare drier

• lower latitudesare wetter

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Which is a greenhouse gas?

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• helium

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Which is a greenhouse gas?

• methane

• argon

• nitrogen

• helium

Which is a greenhouse gas?

• ozone

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• hydrogen

Weather is...

• condition of the atmosphere at specific time and place

• atmospheric trends over several decades

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Climate is...

• condition of the atmosphere at specific time and place

• atmospheric trends over several decades

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Landlocked areas...

• have more extreme temperature ranges

• have more moderate temperatures

• have more precipitation

• are colder

Areas near large bodies of water...

• have more extreme temperature ranges

• have higher air pressure

• have more precipitation

• are colder

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Western Europe is warmer than Canada on the same latitude because...

• Gulf Stream brings warm water from the Caribbean

• polar vortex cools down Canada

• drier air blowing north from Africa

• Europe is closer to water

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Areas on tops of mountains...

• have more extreme temperature ranges

• have higher air pressure

• have more precipitation

• are colder

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