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Temperature, Precipitation, and Vegetation

Average temperature, precipitation, and wind.

Movement of continents, variations in the position of the Earth relative to the sun, major volcanic eruptions, and changes in the sun's energy output

In years where they grow more because their needs are met

Tropical rainy, dry, temperate marine, temperate continental, polar, and highlands

Latitude affects temperature.

Water heats and cools more slowly than land slowing the heating and cooling of nearby land areas.

Tropical zone because it's near the equator

Aerosols and ash from eruptions can reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching Earth's surface which causes climates to cool.

Dark, cooler regions on the surface of the sun.

Variations in Earth's orbit

If plants and animals today need certain conditions to live, then similar plants and animals in the past also required those conditions.