Ch. 3 – Climate, Environment, and

Resources

Weather and Climate

Weather is the short term

change in the air for a given place and time.

Climate is a region’s average weather conditions over a long period of time.

Weather and Climate

Prevailing winds are winds that blow

in the same direction over large areas of Earth.

Ocean currents are large streams of surface seawater.

Fronts are places where 2 air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet together.

Wind and Water

Rain shadow affect occurs when

moisture in the ocean air falls on the mountainside facing the wind. Little moisture remains to fall on the other side, creating a rain shadow.

Water and Mountains

Page 51 – Global Wind Systems. Page 52 – Major Ocean Currents. Page 53 – Extreme Weather. Page 54 – Rain Shadow Effect.

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