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Climate NotesPart 1:

1. What is climate?

a. The two main factors that influence climate are ____________________ and _____________________.

2. What is weather?

3. What is the climate like for Salisbury, Maryland?

4. What is the weather like for Salisbury, Maryland?

5. Give reasons why there is such a difference in both pictures:

a.

b.

c.

d.

Part 2:

-How does altitude affect climate?

1. The temperature of the atmosphere _____ _______ degrees Fahrenheit for every _______ feet in elevation rise.

2. As altitude _____________, the average annual temperature ________________.

-How does latitude affect climate?

3. What part of the Earth receives the most energy from the sun?

4. What part of the Earth receives the least amount of energy from the sun?

Data: Make a sketch of the shape of the area the light shines on at the poles, mid-latitudes, and equator

-Label each section

5. How does the shape change as you go from the Equator to the poles?

6. How does the difference in shape relate to differences in climate as you go from the equator to the poles?

7. As latitude ______________, the average annual temperature __________________.

-Closeness to large bodies of water:

8. Water ___________________ the temperature. __________________ summers. __________________ winters.

Part 3:

Reflection Questions:

-Answer the following reflection questions in complete sentences:

1. On which side of the continents are warm ocean currents found?

2. Which side has cold currents?

3. Where do most warm currents originate? Cold currents?

4. Explain a relationship between ocean currents and climate of regions.

5. What is the relationship between the Coriolis Effect and the movement of ocean currents in the north and south?

6. How does altitude affect the climate of a region? Why does this happen?

7. How does the climate of a region depend on its latitude?

8. In Maryland we live close to the water. Explain how our seasons are affected since we live so close to a large body of water?