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Climate
Question | Answer |
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What is weather? | The changing conditions of temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind in an area. When the weather is rainy, it´s a good idea to carry an umbrella. |
What is climate? | The usual weather pattern in a certain area for many years. Because the climate in coastal India is very hot, tourists usually stay in air-conditioned hotels. |
What is precipitation? | moisture, such as rain, snow, sleet, and hail, that falls from the atmosphere to the earth |
What is latitude? | The distance north or south of the equator by degrees. In high latitude regions, temperatures are usually below freezing. |
What is topography? | Topography is the shape of the land |
What are some Climate Zones? | Tropical,Polar,and Temperate |
What are the factors that determine an area's climate? | TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION |
why don’t all climates have the same temperatures? | Climate has a lot to do with latitude. Latitude is a region’s location on the globe in relation to the poles and to the equator. As a general rule, areas in latitudes near the poles have a cold climate. Areas near the equator are warmer. |
What are other types of polar climates? | the tundra, the huge windswept areas just south of the North Pole and including a small area near the South Pole. |