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Title: 14-1 What Causes Climates
Description: Chapter 14 Section 1
Total Flash Cards: 9
Created: 04/21/2009 17:50:58
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| Climate is mainly determined by ____ and ____. |
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| Temperature and Precipitation |
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| It is colder at high latitudes because the sun strikes the Earth's surface at a _______ angle. |
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| What is the temperature zone? |
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| What would our climate be if someone told you that you had a continental climate? |
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| cold winters and warm or hot summers (the farther the live from the ocean) |
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| What are the main 2 factors that affect precipitation? |
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1. prevailing winds
2. mountains |
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| Precipitation usually falls on the side of the mountain that the oncoming wind hits...this side is known as the ______ side. |
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| When the United States is facing the sun we are having what season? |
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| When the U.S. is facing the sun we are having summer because ______. |
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| we are receiving more direct sunlight for longer periods of time. |
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| Spring and fall both have cooler climates because _____. |
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| Neither end of the Earth's axis is tilted towards the sun during spring and fall. |
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