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CLIMATE

The document discusses several key factors that affect climate, including the Earth's tilt and proximity to the sun, which cause warmer climates near the equator and colder climates farther from it. Climate is also influenced by distance from bodies of water like oceans, with coastal areas experiencing more moderate temperatures, and by topography such as mountains, where windward sides tend to be cooler and wetter. Latitude and altitude further impact climate, with temperatures decreasing the farther from the equator and higher above sea level. Phenomena like El Niño and La Niña occasionally cause short-term climate fluctuations as well.

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CLIMATE

The document discusses several key factors that affect climate, including the Earth's tilt and proximity to the sun, which cause warmer climates near the equator and colder climates farther from it. Climate is also influenced by distance from bodies of water like oceans, with coastal areas experiencing more moderate temperatures, and by topography such as mountains, where windward sides tend to be cooler and wetter. Latitude and altitude further impact climate, with temperatures decreasing the farther from the equator and higher above sea level. Phenomena like El Niño and La Niña occasionally cause short-term climate fluctuations as well.

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CLIMATE – Average weather condition in an area or region.

FACTORS THAT AFFECTS CLIMATE


CLIMATE ZONES
 Since earth is tilted in it’s axis, the regions on Earth receives
varying amount of thermal energy.
 Areas that absorb more heat has a warmer climate compared to
the polar regions
(WHY IS THE EQUATOR THE WARMEST?)
 Because it receives the most direct sunlight
 The polar zone / region receives the least amount of solar
radiation
(WHY IS IT COLDER IN THE WINTER THAN IN THE SUMMER?)
 The Earth is tilted toward the sun in the summer and is away in
the winter

DISTANCE FROM THE SEA


 Areas near bodies of water experience moderate to mild climate
condition.
 Coastal areas have a lower temperature range than thon inland.
 Warm waters rises to the cooler regions and cooler waters moves
towards the warmer regions.
(HOW DO OCEANS AFFECT THE CLIMATE OF AN AREA?)
 The solar radiation is absorbed by the ocean
 Ocean currents act much like a conveyor belt.
 The ocean helps distribute heat around the globe.

TOPOGRAPHY
 It is the physical attribute, surface, shapes and features of an area.
(WHICH PART OF THE MOUTAIN HAS MORE VEGETATION?)
 The prevalence of rain on windward sides of islands promotes the
growth of vegetation whereas the leeward side flora is acclimated
to a drier climate.
 The air is colder in the windward side than the leeward side.

ALTITUDE AND LATITUDE


LATITUDE – Is the distance (N or S) from the equator.
ALTIDUTE – Is the distance fron sea level to the reference point.
 THE ALTITUDE DECREASES AS THE TEMPERATURE DECREASES.
 THE HIGHER YOU GO ABOVE SEA LEVEL, THE COLDER IT GETS.
(WHY DOES LATITUDE CAUSE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES?)
 It is due to the curve of the earth and the distance from the
equator.
EL NINO PHENOMENON
 Climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface
water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
LA NINA
 Refers to the periodic or unusual cooling of ocean surface
temperatures in the central and east-central equatorial pacific.
 Typically, La Nina events occur every 3 to 5 years or so, but on
occasion can occur over successive years
CLIMATE CHANGE
 A long term change in the average weather patterns that have
come to define earth’s climate.
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
 A process by which heat from the sun is absorbed by the
greenhouse gases resulting it to trap heat inside the earth’s
atmosphere

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