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What is climate?

The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, wind, and clouds in an area.

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When winds blow from land to sea, what happens?

There is no precipitation

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How do prevailing winds affect precipitation?

They can bring humid or dry air masses depending on where they blow in from

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Which side of a mountain is likely to be dry?

The leeward side

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How do ocean currents affect temperature?

The temperature of the current affects the air temperature above it.

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What are monsoons?

Sea and land breezes that change direction with the seasons

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What is a continental climate?

A climate that has more extreme temperatures because they are far from large bodies of water

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magnet

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rocket

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lifesaver

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Where are the polar zones?

At the poles (66.5*N to 90*N and 66.5*S to 90*S)

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When winds blow in from sea to land, what happens?

Precipitation

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What are three factors that affect precipitation?

Prevailing winds, presence of mountains, and seasonal winds

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Why does proximity to oceans or large lakes affect temperature?

Water heats up and cools down about five times more slowly than land.

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What is the temperature like in the tropical zone? Why?

Warm year round because it receives direct or nearly direct sunlight all year

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How does altitude affect temperature?

The higher up you go, the colder it gets. The temperature in the troposphere decreases about 6.5*C for every 1 km increase in altitude.

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