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 THE SUN : CLIMATE IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE SUN. SOME AREAS RECEIVE MORE OF THE SUN’S HEAT ENERGY THAN OTHERS.  WINDS : MOVEMENT OF WARM AND COLD AIR. WIND SYSTEMS THAT FOLLOW PATTERNS OVERTIME ARE CALLED PREVAILING WINDS  WINDS THAT BLOW FROM EAST TO WEST BETWEEN THE TROPICS AND THE EQUATOR ARE CALLED TRADE WINDS.

 STORMS : WHEN MOIST AIR RISES SUDDENLY AND MEETS DRY, COLD AIR, STORMS DEVELOP  TORNADOES, HURRICANES, AND TYPHOONS CAN OCCUR  OCEAN CURRENTS : STEADILY FLOWING STREAMS OF WATER IN THE WORLD’S SEAS. CAN CARRY WARM WATER TO HIGHER LATITUDES AND IMPACT THE CLIMATE.

 EL NINO = LITTLE BOY: VERY HEAVY RAINS FALL ON WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA CAUSING FLOODS, LITTLE RAIN FALLS ON AUSTRALIA, SOUTHERN ASIA, AND AFRICA. NORTH AMERICA MAY SEE SEVERE STORMS.  LA NINA =LITTLE GIRL: CAUSES UNUSUALLY COOL WATERS AND LOW RAINFALL IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC, WESTERN PACIFIC RAINS ARE HEAVY AND TYPHOONS CAN OCCUR