WEATHER AND CLIMATE: When is it hottest, when is it coldest, where and why?

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WEATHER AND CLIMATE When is it hottest, when is
it coldest, where and why?

• WG.3.A Explain weather conditions and climate in
  relation to annual changes in Earth Sun
  relationships
• SUPPORTING STANDARD
• YSLETA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
• SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM

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Who can tell meWhats the difference between

• WEATHER

• CLIMATE

What's the Difference Between Weather and
Climate? 02.01.05 The difference between
weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather
is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a
short period of time, and climate is how the
atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods
of time. -- NASA (http//www.nasa.gov/mission_page
s/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather.html)
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Which words do you know, and which do you need
help with?
Climate Weather Revolution
Proximity Latitude Elevation
Air Density Tilt Equator
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Who can tell me What does this have to do with
climate or weather?
WINTER for Us, SUMMER for Australia
Hint Tilt
Yep.
NEAREST in Winter?!
NEAREST
Farthest
Hint Proximity during REVOLUTION
SUMMER for Us, WINTER for Australia
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Lets see what we knowWhich can you answer now,
and which do you need to peek?

• Which of the following is MOST directly
  responsible for the different seasons on Earth?
• A rotation
• B revolution
• C solstices
• D position in planetary system

• When does the Northern Hemisphere have the
  warmest climate?
• F when it is tilted most directly towards the
  sun
• G when it faces the sun for twelve hours a day H
  when it is warmest in the southern hemisphere
• J when it is tilted away from the sun

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Who can tell meWhat does LATITUDE have to do
with climate and weather?
Hint Tilt
Equator always gets it.
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Who can tell meWhat does ELEVATION have to do
with climate and weather?
Hint Air Density
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Lets see what we knowIf you can answer the
first, can you figure out the next?

• Which of the following statements is TRUE
  concerning the climates of the U.S. and Canada?
• F The U.S. has more varied climate zones than
  Canada.
• G Canada has more varied climate zones than the
  U.S.
• H Both the U.S. and Canada have tropical wet
  climate zones.
• J Neither the U.S. or Canada has tropical wet
  climate zones.

• Which of the following can be directly correlated
  to temperature?
• A Longitude
• B latitude
• C elevation
• D latitude and elevation

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So, talk to each other, and then talk to me

• WG.3A Explain weather conditions and climate in
  relation to annual changes in Earth Sun
  relationships.
• When is it hottest, when is it coldest, where and
  why?
• WORDS to use when you answer
• CLIMATE WEATHER
  REVOLUTION
• PROXIMITY LATITUDE
  ELEVATION
• AIR DENSITY TILT
  EQUATOR

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Resources

• http//www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/c
  limate_weather.html
• http//www.space.com/3304-earth-closest-sun-dead-w
  inter.html
• http//www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0074-lat
  itude-effects-temperature.php
• http//curiosity.discovery.com/question/why-altitu
  de-affect-air-temperature