Lesson 4: Climates of Earth
Duration of Days: 5
Lesson Objective
1. Students will explore climate and the factors that determine regional climates.
2. Students will develop and use models to enhance their understanding of how factors including unequal heating by the Sun, latitude, altitude, and patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation determine regional climates.
1. What factors determine regional climates?
radiation
latitude
conduction
albedo
wind
convection
polar easterlies
prevailing westerlies
trade winds
Coriolis effect
density current
surface current
upwelling
weather
air mass
front
climate
rain shadow
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Formative Assessment
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