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Climate of an area is influenced by what factors?
When this question was on a quiz, a whole lot of students said that ROTATION of Earth influences climate!
ROTATION CAUSES DAY AND NIGHT. THAT’S IT.
ROTATION HAS NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING TO
DO WITH SEASONS, WEATHER, CLIMATE OR
ANYTHING ELSE!
Latitude zones influence climate, as shown on the next slide.
What types of lines are shown here?
When it is summer in Oklahoma, what season is it in Australia?
Northern and Southern hemispheres have opposite seasons.
When it is summer in Oklahoma, it is winter in Australia.
Why are the days longer in the summer?
High, middle, and low latitudes are determined by the ____________.
A rotation takes ______________, a revolution takes __________.
Rotation:
Click here to see earth's rotationRevolution: Click here to see earth's revolution
The Northern Hemisphere’s shortest day and longest night happen during the:
Which of Earth’s layers contains all of its landforms.
Remember, landforms are things like mountains, hills, valleys, plains, and plateaus.
Landforms are on the OUTSIDE of earth. The outside layer is the crust.
