Geography Basic Five Factors

Video: Geography Basics: Five factors that affect climate 5:23 (howstuffworks.com) WATCH videos through completely one time, then watch again and take notes. In fact, _____________ is one of the major ____________ that affect _____________. If you walk up a ____________ ____________ for example, you would find the _________________ would drop ________ ____________ F’ for every ___________ feet you climb. Another of the five factors that affect ___________ is _______________. Because the ________ radiant ___________ shines directly on areas ____________ the __________, that is where the ____________ areas of the ____________ are found. Farther to the _____________ and farther ___________, the angle of _____________ becomes smaller, so there’s less __________ from the ________ at those ___________________. At the _________ _______ and _________ _______ the ___________ of sunlight is so __________ that very little ____________ finds its way to the earth’ ______________ in those places. _______________ takes on an added ______________ as the ___________ makes its _____________ journey around the ________. That’s because the __________ __________ roughly ___________ degrees on its ___________. So when it’s at this position in _____________ it’s ____________________ in the ____________ _______________ because the suns ____________ and ___________ is aimed more ______________ there. At the same time it’s _____________ in the _______________ ______________. Half a year later, In January, when the ___________ position is here, It’s just the _______________. Now the sun’s ____________ and ____________ are aimed more directly at _______________ __________________. So it’s _______________ there and winter in the _________________ _________________. Now the ____________ ____________ of the five factors that affect ______________, the earth’s ________________, that is its __________________ __________________. ________________ ________________ are an example of a topographical feature that play a _______________ role in a _____________ _____________________ levels. As _______________ _________ moves in from an ______________ and then sweeps ______________ across the mountain ______________. The air _____________ and the ______________ swept off the _______________ begins to __________ a cloud. As the Tiny ___________ ________________ in the ____________ come together, they become ______________ and then ___________ to the _____________. As the ___________ skims ___________ the other side of the _______________, it heats up and the cloud ________________. The side of the ____________________ facing ______________ from _____________ are often ___________. In addition, a so called “______________ ________________” may stretch for more than ___________ miles _______________ from a ______________ ______________.Rain shadow areas are ______________ for their ____________ __________ and _____________ _______________. _____________ and _____________ _____________ the fourth of the five factors that affect a ______________ often _______________ what might ______________ be ______________ weather _______________. An example occurs ______________ ________________ on the shores of the ____________ _____________. San Francisco and _____________ __________, a city some ____________ miles to the __________ lie at the same ________________ and so get about the ____________ amount of __________ ____________each year. Yet San Francisco’s climate is much less _____________ than that of St.Louis. ______________ are ___________ and

___________ are _________ there, while in St. Louis ______________ can be _______________ _________and winters __________ __________.

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The difference is the _______________ __________ that blow off the ____________ of the _______________ _____________. They act as a kind of ______ ______________ system. Or take the case of the ____________ _______________which can for the most part have ___________ _____________ and ___________ and ____________ winters. The north tip of the Isles is _______________ on a __________________that runs ___________ of ______________ ______________ a city that has __________, snowy ______________ and very ____________, cool _________________. The ______________ is _____________ by the ___________ _____________ __________ that flow by the ____________. Waters that ____________off of _________________ west coast near the ________________. Now on to the _____________ _____________, the last of the five factors we will discuss that affect ____________. There are ________ _________ of ___________ that encircle the ______________. They ___________ along _________ and ___________ air_______________, ______________, storms and _________________. What are called ____________ ____________ meet near the _______________causing air to ____________. As it does, ______________ ______________ form. This _____________ of ____________, _______________ weather near the ______________ is known as the __________________.

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