Factors Affecting Weather & Climate

Winds that formed over continents (land) tend to be...

Places closer to the Equator will tend to be...

Places near the ocean have...

The higher the altitude the ________________ it is.

Oceans carry _________________ around the planet.

Winds that formed over the oceans tend to be...

Ocean currents are pushed along by...

The sun’s uneven heating over the earth is mainly due to the earth being a(n)________________ .

Besides the sun’s uneven heating over the earth, what else affects winds direction?

Winds that originate from the Poles tend to be...

Prevailing winds blow over...

The sun shines most directly over...