topic: mountains & ocean currents’ effect on climate
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Topic: Mountains & Ocean Currents’
Effect on Climate
Cascade Range
What do you notice about the picture?
Cas
cade
M
ount
ains
Scanned picture here
The Orographic EffectWind hits this side
Side away from the wind
Air cools to dew pt
forming clouds and
precipitation
Dry air sinks
creating a rain shadow
Warm Dry
The Orographic Effect on The Orographic Effect on PrecipitationPrecipitation
What else affects climate?
IcelandGreenland
Surface Ocean Currents - ESRT page 4
Gulf Stream Current
To Euro
pe
Gulf Stre
am
Iceland
Greenland
Surface Ocean Currents - ESRT page 4
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ESRT pg 4
Equator
Moisture & Latitude
Questions of the Ocean’s Surface Currents
1) If a cool current passes a coastal area, what will happen to the temperature of the area?
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2) If a warm current passes a coastal area, what will happen to the temperature of the area?
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Warm ocean currents originate at the
1) Polar regions 2) Equator3) Ocean Bottom4) Coast of Antarctica
Surface Ocean Currents - ESRT page 4
What is the name of the ocean current that provides cold water to South America?
1) Peru Current2) California Current 3) Agulhas Current4) Brazil Current
Which cool ocean current flows completely around the world?
1) Gulf stream Current2) North Atlantic Current3) Antarctic Circumpolar Current4) North Equatorial Current
FQ
On the diagram below, at which letter is precipitation
occurring?
Ocean
Mountain
A. D.
C.B.
On the diagram below, at which letter is the leeward side
of Mountain?
Ocean
Mountain
A. D.
C.B.