1. Seasons and Climate

2. Movement of Earth
Rotation-Every 24 hours. The reason for day and night. Revolution-Every days. The time it takes to go all the way around the Sun.

3. YouTube clip explaining the seasons

4. Climate
Climate is the term for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time.

5. Factors affecting climate:

6. Factors affecting climate:
1. Latitude -Low latitudes (between 30 degrees N and 30 degrees S). Warm to hot year round -High latitudes (60 degrees N or S on to the poles). Tend to stay cold even in summer. -Midlatitudes (30-60 degrees). Big changes in weather with the seasons.

7. Factors affecting climate:
Latitude
Elevation- Thinner air retains less heat. Temps decrease by about 3.5 degrees per 1,000 ft. in increased elevation.

8. Factors affecting climate:
Latitude
Elevation- Thinner air retains less heat. Temps decrease by about 3.5 degrees per 1,000 ft. in increased elevation.
Wind and ocean currents- Oceans tend to have a stabilizing temperture impact on coastal lands (details to come tonight in the homework  )

9. Factors affecting climate:
Latitude
Elevation- Thinner air retains less heat. Temps decrease by about 3.5 degrees per 1,000 ft. in increased elevation.
Wind and ocean currents- Oceans tend to have a stabilizing temperture impact on coastal lands (details to come tonight in the homework  )
Landforms- Mountains can have an impact

10. Landforms (cont.): Mountain ranges near oceans have a windward and leeward side.
Windward side: Moist
Leeward side: Drier and warmer

12. Video on compass orientation