Climate Factors

Which three will the CLIMATE help you decide?

• What animals can survive here?

• Can people ski in the winter here?

• Should I wear sunglasses?

• What crops will grow here?

• Will there be laps at lunch today?

Label these locations on the Earth.

a

b

c

Equator

North Pole

South Pole

Areas near the ​ (a)   feel hot because they ​ (b)   get direct sunlight.

Areas near the ​ (c)   feel cold because they ​ (d)   get direct sunlight.

• Equator
• always
• Poles
• never

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Places near the ocean have...

• More Precipitation

• Less Precipitation

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There is more precipitation near the ocean because ____.

• Water evaporates from the ocean

• The ocean pulls water back to it using magnetism

• The rotation of the Earth pulls clouds towards the ocean

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Places near the ocean have...

• Variable temperatures

• Constant temperatures

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Temperatures are more constant near the ocean because water takes ______ than land.

• More time to heat and cool

• Less time to heat and cool

• The same amount of time to heat and cool

The top of a mountain is ____ than the area below it.

• Colder

• Hotter

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The top of a mountain feels colder because ___.

• The air is more spread out so it cannot hold heat.

• The air is more packed together so it cannot hold heat.

• The cold air gets trapped by the mountain in its path.

• Sunlight cannot shine on a mountain top.

The top of a mountain is ____ than the area below it.

• Drier

• Wetter

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