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Understanding Earth's Climate Zones

Explore the crucial concepts of climate, weather, and climate regions along with factors influencing different climate types such as latitude, elevation, and proximity to bodies of water. Learn about the greenhouse effect, rotation, and revolution affecting Earth's climate. Delve into the significance of latitude zones in determining climate patterns across low, mid, and high latitudes.

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Understanding Earth's Climate Zones

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  1. Climate & Climate Regions

  2. Weather v. Climate • Climate: The average temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time. • Weather:Current temperature & precipitation in an area (Short period of time).

  3. Terms to Know • Low Latitude, Mid Latitude, High Latitude • Seasons, Solstice, Equinox • Revolution, Rotation, Tilt • Climate, Weather • Greenhouse • Vegetation: Coniferous, Deciduous, Mixed Forest, Chaparral

  4. Greenhouse Effect • Natural way for Earth to retain its warmth and for plants and animals to survive. • The planet Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System and is covered in a dense atmosphere that retains the heat

  5. Important Lines of Latitude Arctic Circle Tropic of Cancer Equator Tropic of Capricorn Antarctic Circle 66° N 23 1/2 ° N 0 ° 23 1/2 ° S 66° S

  6. Solstice & Equinox • Rotation • Spin of Earth on its Axis • 1 Rotation = 1 Day • 23 ½ ° • Distribution of heat • Longer growing seasons • Tilt: • Revolution • Movement of Earth around the sun • 1 Revolution = 365 ¼ Days • Seasons • Marked by Solstice & Equinox • N & S Hemisphere Difference

  7. What Affects Climate? • Latitude • Landforms (location, size, etc.) • Elevation • Proximity to large bodies of water • Water heats and cools slower than does land • Milder climates near large bodies of water • More extreme climates away from large bodies of water (continental climate) • Wind and Currents

  8. Latitude, latitude, latitude • Latitude: The most influential factor that affects climate type. • There are three latitude zones: • Low Latitude- between 23 ½° N and 23 ½ ° S • Mid Latitude- between 23 ½ °N and 66 ° N AND 23 ½ ° S and 66 ° S • High Latitude- Poles; above 66 ° N AND below 66 ° S

  9. Climate Zones Based on Latitude High Latitudes Arctic Circle Tropic of Cancer Equator Tropic of Capricorn Antarctic Circle 66 ½° N Middle Latitudes Middle Latitudes 23 ½ ° N Low Latitudes 0 ° Low Latitudes 23 ½ ° S Middle Latitudes Middle Latitudes 66 ½° S High Latitudes

  10. Low Latitude Climates

  11. Mid-Latitude Climates

  12. Mid-Latitude Climates

  13. High Latitude Climates

  14. Other Climates

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