1. What is Climate? How is Climate determined? What are the factors that affect Climate?

2. What is Climate? --

3. Different Climates

4. Climates are described in 2 ways: A) Temperature – B) Moisture –

5. What are some of the factors that affect climate?

8. EquatorMid-LatitudesPolar Regions Increasing Latitude Decrease in angle of insolation Decrease temperature Temperature & Latitude

9. A) Latitude 1) -- 2) --

10. How does latitude affect climate? -- 0° Latitude 90° Temperature

11. Cold Warm Mid-latitudes

12. 3) --

13. L L L H H Moisture & Latitude

14. Page 14 of the ESRTs We live in the troposphere. Temperature decreases with elevation. B) Elevation

15. Hawaii Mauna Kea Elevation: 13,796 ft B) Elevation

16. Higher Elevation  --

17. How does elevation affect climate? -- Elevation Temperature

18. C) Distance from a body of water

19. How does closeness to a large body of water affect climate? Water __________ the temperature. _______ summers. _______ winters. City B is closer to a large body of water. Its temperature line is flatter (moderated). -- Cities A & B are located at the same latitude. ----

20. 1. -- 2. Creates “marine climates” -__

21. D) Center of a large land mass

22. 1. -- 2. Called “continental climate” ---

23. Other factors include: --

24. FQ: Long Island is surrounded by water, how does this influence our climate? ----