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what is a climate that is strongly affected by an ocean?

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Maritime climate

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what is a climate that is not directly affected by an ocean?

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continental climate

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what do you call a blow from over the water toward land in the afternoon , when the land is warmer than the water?

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sea breeze

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what is climate?

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long term average of weather conditions

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what is weather?

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day to day outside condition

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what are the five sphere that make up the Earth’s system?

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atmosphere
biosphere 
hydrosphere  
lithosphere 
cryosphere
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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 the cryosphere?

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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 influences climate that it’s given location?

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Latitude

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13
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at which locating does earth receive the most solar radiation ?

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Equator

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at what degrees does the sun hit Earth of the tropical side?

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90 degrees

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at what degrees does the sun rays hit earth’s surface in the temperate zone?

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45 degrees

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at what degrees do sun rays hit earth’s polar zones?

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30 degrees

17
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what zone is Colorado in?

A

temperate

18
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what are other factors the determine climate

A

Mountains
precipitation
water

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what is it like in the windward side of a mountain?

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air are cool and wet and there is a lot of vegetation

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what is it like on the leeward side of a mountain?

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air is warm and dry little to no vegetation

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what is land breeze?

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air blow toward land and water and happens at night

22
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in Lamar CO what climate zone and what type of vegetation?

A

warm (semi-arid)

grassland

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