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| The natural situation in which heat is retained by the atmosphere |
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| the day to day condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. |
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| the average, year after year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region. |
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| polar zones, temperate zones, tropical zone |
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| the cold areas where the sun's rays strike Earth at a very low angle located around the North and South Poles at 66.5 degrees and 90 degrees North and South |
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| zones that are between the polar zones and the tropics where temperatures range from hot to cold depending on the season |
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| zone near the equator between 23.5 North and 23.5 South latitudes where they receive direct sunlight year round and where the climate is almost always warm |
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| this is why the earth is heated unevenly and causes the angle of the sun's rays to be different |
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1. trapping of heat by the atmosphere AKA the Greenhouse Effect
2. latitude,
3.transport of heat by winds and ocean currents, 4. amount of precipitation
5. the shape of the land AKA lakes, rivers, oceans, mountains |
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the causes of Earth's
different climate patterns (5) |
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| where on Earth the most direct sunlight is |
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