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| EH-The Tropics receive what rays of the sun year-round? |
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| TG-Where do the Tropics lie between? |
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| Between Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn |
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| JD- High latitudes never receive what? |
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| EN- The tropics have a hot climate everywhere except ______________________? |
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| BC- What are moving streams of water? |
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| JF-Warm winds and currents move from the _______ to the ________ |
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| MH-What is the warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico along the east coast of North America? |
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| AM-Coastal regions are effected by what? |
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| JA- What are violent storms that form over the warm Atlantic? |
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| VJ - Air over _______ is warmer in the winter and cooler in the __________. |
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| RA-Water temperatures do not change as fast as _____________ |
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| JF-What is the usual pattern of weather events in an area over a long period of time? |
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| TK-What are the constant changes in the air during a short period of time? |
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| MZ-In the Pacific Ocean, what is a hurricane called? |
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| AH- What three things is climate determined by? |
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Latitude
Location near large bodies of water
Position near mountain |
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| Winds are forced up over mountains. Then the winds lose moisture. After when the air reaches inland it is cool and dry. |
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| seasonal winds that bring rain for crops |
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| SD-When air reaches the leeward, or _______ side, of a mountain it is cool and ____. |
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| DC-High latitudes are always , even in the summer. |
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| ZE-What is the coastal side of a mountain called? |
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