Climate

What is the study of Earth's climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climate changes?

• climatology

• jet stream

• normal

• tropics

_____ are the standard values for a location

The only thing that can affect climate is changes in elevation.

• True

• False

The amount of solar radiation received on Earth _____ (increases or decrease) from the equator to the poles.

The data used to describe an area's climate include:​

• daily high/low temps, amount of rainfall, humidity, wind speed/direction, and normals

• daily high/low temps, amount of rainfall, wind speed/direction, air pressure, and normals

• daily high/low temps, amount of rainfall, wind speed/direction, humidity, and air pressure

• daily high/low temps, amouont of rainfall, wind speed/direction, humidity, and proximity

The data are averaged on a monthly or annual basis for a period of at least _____ years to determine the normals.

_____ describes the long-term weather patterns of an area.

Areas that are _____ the equator receive direct rays of the sun.

• close to

• far from

Normals apply only to the specific place where the meteorological data were collected.

• False

• True

Latitude is measured in _____.