Topic: Mountains & Ocean Currents’ Effect on Climate

Cascade Range What do you notice about the picture? Cascade Mountains

Scanned picture here The Orographic Effect Wind hits this side Side away from the wind Air cools to dew pt forming clouds and precipitation Dry air sinks creating a rain shadow Warm Dry

The Orographic Effect on Precipitation

What else affects climate?

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Surface Ocean Currents - ESRT page 4

Gulf Stream Current To Europe

Gulf Stream Iceland Greenland

Surface Ocean Currents - ESRT page is carried to ---, is carried to ---

ESRT pg 4 Equator

Moisture & Latitude

Questions of the Ocean’s Surface Currents 1)If a cool current passes a coastal area, what will happen to the temperature of the area? –--- 2)If a warm current passes a coastal area, what will happen to the temperature of the area? –---

Warm ocean currents originate at the 1)Polar regions 2)Equator 3)Ocean Bottom 4)Coast of Antarctica

Surface Ocean Currents - ESRT page 4

What is the name of the ocean current that provides cold water to South America? 1)Peru Current 2)California Current 3)Agulhas Current 4)Brazil Current

Which cool ocean current flows completely around the world? 1)Gulf stream Current 2)North Atlantic Current 3)Antarctic Circumpolar Current 4)North Equatorial Current FQ

On the diagram below, at which letter is precipitation occurring? Ocean Mountain A. D. C.B.

On the diagram below, at which letter is the leeward side of Mountain? Ocean Mountain A. D. C.B.