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I Love Learning About Climate Factors

This document discusses six key climate factors that impact weather and climate around the world: latitude, altitude, land-water relationships, mountain barriers, ocean currents, and prevailing winds. It provides examples of how each factor influences temperature and precipitation patterns in different regions. The class discusses these climate factors in depth to help students better understand the differences between weather and climate.

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I Love Learning About Climate Factors

This document discusses six key climate factors that impact weather and climate around the world: latitude, altitude, land-water relationships, mountain barriers, ocean currents, and prevailing winds. It provides examples of how each factor influences temperature and precipitation patterns in different regions. The class discusses these climate factors in depth to help students better understand the differences between weather and climate.

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Climate Factors

I love learning
about climate
factors

Me too!
Mr.
Roseen’s
class is
the best!
Weather vs. Climate
Weather and Climate are not the same

• Weather - The conditions of the


atmosphere at a particular place and
time.

• Climate - Average conditions of a


certain place over a long period of time
6 Climate Factors
• Latitude • Mountain Barriers

• Altitude • Ocean Currents

• Land - Water • Prevailing Winds


Relationship
Latitude
I. Latitude - Distance north or south of
the equator
• Low - Warm to hot

• Middle - Seasonal

• High - Polar (cool to cold)


*Latitude
impacts EVERY
PLACE on the Earth*
Altitude
II. Altitude - Height above sea level

– In mountain areas, there are major


climatic differences from the bottom to
the top.
– As air rises, it loses the ability to hold
heat. It gets 1°F colder for every 300-400
ft. you go up.
Altitude

Burr
, Snow Cap
it’s
ing
gett !
cold
Tree Line
Sea Level

* Altitude impacts if over 5,000 ft*


Land-Water Relationship
• Land-Water Relationship
– A large body of water tends to cause a
mild or moderate climate. (Very little
change)
– A body of water heats up and cools
down slower than a land mass
– Wind assumes the temp. of the surface
it passes over and carries that temp.
with it. (ex. San Diego)
Land-Water Relationship

LAND
OCEAN
Mountain Barriers
IV. Mountain Barriers - Cause different
climates on opposite sides of mountain.

– Moisture carrying winds must rise to get


over mountains.
– Air cools as it rises, losing ability to hold
water causing rain on the windward side
– This leaves no moisture for the leeward
side creating a desert.
Mountain Barriers
NO
RAI
WINDWARD SIDE Less N
rain
LEEWARD SIDE
Less
Rain
Rain
WIND
Cascade Mts
5,000 ft.
Dry

Spokane, WA
Ocean Seattle, WA 12 in. Rain per Year
(80 in. Rain per Year)
Ocean Currents
V. Ocean Currents - Rivers of water that
move through the ocean.

– They assume the temperature of the


water that they pass over and carry that
temperature.
– Wind passing over the current must pass
near the land mass to have an impact.
Warm Currents
LAND OCEAN

Causes
Warm
And
Moist
Climate

(Rain
Forest)
Cold Currents
OCEAN
LAND

Causes
Cool
And
Dry
Climate

(Desert)
Prevailing Winds
VI. Prevailing Winds - Winds that blow
most often in different parts of the
Earth.
– Wind blows because:
– Air over warm land rises
– Cooler air moves in from surrounding areas to
replace rising air
– The cool air is heated and process repeats
*Prevailing
wind impacts
EVERY PLACE on the
Earth*
Prevailing Winds
Low Pressure High Pressure
L H
Cool Air Descends

Warm Air Rises

Warm Land Mass Cool Land Mass or Water

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