1. Write down the main idea of the chapter "Climate" here. The main idea of the chapter is to show what wind and water carry rainfall and the sun's warmth around the world to create differnt climates.
2. Reading Check Questions on 54- What is the difference between weather and climate? The differnce between weather and climate. "Wether refers to the unpredictable changes in the air that takes place over a short period of time. Climate is the usual predictable pattern of wether in a area over a long period of time".
3. Applying Map Skills Question 1. In which general direction does the wind blow over North America?
The general direction that the wind blows is west towards North America.
4. Applying Map Skills Question 2. What winds did European sailers use to get to South America and the islands north of it? The European sailers used the North winds to get to South America and the islands north of it.
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. The tilt of the earth affects climate becouse since the eather is tileted it make's it so that sun rays hit on differnt spots so thats why places on or near the equater are mostly tropics becouse the sun hits there alomost year round becouse of the tilt.
6. How does this relate to the Voyages of Columbus? Answer, and put in a link to YOUR Columbus Wind Project. Becouse it shows were the wind stops and how columbus got stcuk throught out those 3days beocouse of the wind patterns.
Meldahl,Keith "Global Atmospheric Circulation" December 17, 2011