IPG - Oh Give Me A Home! Lesson

Oh Give Me A Home!

Since students often have some misunderstandings about the causes of the seasons and the reasons for areas of the Earth having consistently cold or warm temperatures, watch the following video to review how our Earth's orbit and tilt influence the length of our year and our seasons.

You should be able to answer the following questions. Read over them, think through the answer, then check your response by clicking on the arrow to show the dropdown.

Climate

Climate is a word you often hear, but what exactly is climate and how is it different from weather? The following quote offers a good way to remember the difference between climate and weather.

 

Weather is the atmospheric condition you experience on a day or within a short period of time. Climate is an average of the weather of a location over a long period of time. While weather can change quickly and frequently within a day, the climate cannot because climate is an average of the weather over longer periods of time.

There are many factors which influence a region's climate. These include latitude, elevation, and proximity to large bodies of water. Latitude heavily influences climate because the latitude of a region determines the amount of direct and indirect sunlight that it receives. The equator receives more direct sunlight and is much hotter than the poles that receive little sunlight.

View the presentation on climate below.

Since climate is a fairly complex topic, you should read this Climate handout Links to an external site. carefully.

 

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