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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.
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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.
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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
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