1. Write down the main idea of the chapter "Climate" here.
"Wind and water carry rainfall and the sun's warmth around the world to create different climates"
2. Reading Check Questions on 54- What is the difference between weather and climate?
"Weather refers to the unpredictable changes air over a short period of time. Climate is the usual predictable pattern of weather in a area over a long period of time"
Basically weather is just the active form of climate and climate is the weather over a period of time. IE the rainforest is raining right now. If it is still raining everyday, it will have a rainy climate
Towards the west
4. Applying Map Skills Question 2. What winds did European sailers use to get to South America and the islands north of it?
The Northeast Trade Winds
5. Answer the Reading Check Question on page 55- How does the tilt of the Earth affect climate? (This is a difficult, tricky, complicated question. You can NOT just copy the answer out of the textbook. Because the answer is NOT EXACTLY found in the textbook. You will have to figure it out, think about the notes we took and discussed, and ... re-read page 55 to answer this well.
Since sunlight affects climate, If the earth is tilted, there are going to be indirect and direct rays. These are what makes the polar ice caps so cold, and the center of the Congo very hot. If the earth was not tilted, the sunlight patterns would stay the same year round so there would be no varies in climate.
6. How does this relate to the Voyages of Columbus? Answer, and put in a link to YOUR Columbus Wind Project.
When Coloumbus was traveling across the ocean searching for Asia, he moved down the coast of Africa first. Since Spain is in an area where the wind is comijng from the east, he had to go south where the air is coming from the west so the ships would go the right way.
Click here to see my other website about Columbus and global wind patterns affected him.
ACCESS HPW."Core Science 4: The Circulating Atmosphere with Kabir Peerbhay." July 2, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUdaA5l7RYw. March 17, 2017.