climate and climate change
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Climate and Climate Change. What Causes Climate?. Climate – The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area. Microclimate- climate of a small, specific place within a larger area. Microclimate Examples Shade under a tree - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Climate and Climate and Climate ChangeClimate Change
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What Causes Climate?What Causes Climate? Climate – The average, year-after-year
conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.
Microclimate- climate of a small, specific place within a larger area
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Microclimate Examples Shade under a tree A hole in a log where mushrooms grow
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What Causes Climate? - What Causes Climate? - VocabularyVocabulary Tropical Zone – The area near the equator,between about 23.5° north latitude and 23.5° south latitude.
Polar Zone – The areas near both poles, from about 66.5° to 90° north and 66.5° to 90° south latitudes.
Temperate Zone – The area between the tropical and polar zones, from about 23.5° to 66.5° north and 23.5° to 66.5° south latitudes.
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What Causes Climate? – What Causes Climate? – Main IdeasMain Ideas
The climate of a region is determined by its temperature and precipitation.
The main factors that influence temperature are Latitude Altitude distance from large bodies of water ocean currents.
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Climate Regions – Main Climate Regions – Main IdeasIdeas
Climates are classified according to temperature and precipitation.
There are five main climate regions: tropical rainy dry temperate marine temperate continental polar
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Long-Term Changes in Long-Term Changes in the Climatethe Climate
Ice Age Cold time periods in Earth’s history, during
which glaciers covered large parts of the surface.
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Long-Term Changes in Long-Term Changes in the Climate – Main Ideasthe Climate – Main Ideas
During each ice age, huge sheets of ice covered much of Earth’s surface.
Possible explanations for major climate changes include: movement of continents Position of the Earth and Sun changes in the sun’s energy output.