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Maritime climate

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A climate that is strongly affected by an ocean

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Continental cliamtes

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A climate that is not directly affected by an ocean

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Sea breeze

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Blows from the over the water toward land in the afternoon

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What is climate

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Is the climate long term average of weathering conditions

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What is weather

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The day to day outside conditions

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What are 5 spheres that make up Earth’s system

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Atmosphere biosphere troposphere hydrosphere and lithosphere

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What is the atmosphere

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The air around us

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What is the biosphere

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everything organic

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what is the hydrosphere

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liquid water

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what is cryoposphere

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frozen water in snow ice and glaciers

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what is the lithosphere

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earth’s outermost layer

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what is the primary factor that affect climate of any given location

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latitude

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where is solar radiation most intense

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equator

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at what angles does the sun rays hit the tropical zone

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90 degrees

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what angle sun rays hit the temperate zone

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45 degrees

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what angle does the sun hit the polar zone

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30 degree

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what factors determine c,imate

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mountains precipitation and water

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on the windward side what are the conditions like

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cool and wet lots of vegetation

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what are the conditions like on the leeward side

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warm and dry little vegetation dry air

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what is land breeze

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the wind comes from the land and goes to the water at night

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what type of climate zone and vegetation does lamar have

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warm and semi arid and grassland

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global warming

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Global warming usually refers to human-induced warming of the Earth system, whereas climate change can refer to natural or anthropogenic change. The two terms are often used interchangeably.

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el nino

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An El Niño condition occurs when surface water in the equatorial Pacific becomes warmer than average and east winds blow weaker than normal. The opposite condition is called La Niña. During this phase of ENSO, the water is cooler than normal and the east winds are stronger. El Niños typically occur every 3 to 5 years.

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la nina

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During a La Niña year, winter temperatures are warmer than normal in the South and cooler than normal in the North