Were Our Winds Are Headed?

1. Write down the main idea of the chapter "Climate" here.

Climate represents wind, water, carry rainfall and the sun's warmth around the world to create different climate.

2. Reading Check Questions on 54- What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather is usually unusual weather in a particular area over a short time, climate is usually a common weather that you have in a particular area for a long time.

3. Applying Map Skills Question 1. In which general direction does the wind blow over North America?

The general direction the wind blows over North America is usually from west to east

4. Applying Map Skills Question 2. What winds did European sailers use to get to South America and the islands north of it?

The winds the European sailors use to get to South America and the islands north of it were wind pattern called the Northeasterly.

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.

It depends on the angle of the sun which can change a climate of a hole country, some places have direct rays the climate will be hotter others have indirect sunlight rays wich will create a colder climate, the tilt affects the angle of the sun rays which affect the climate of our world.

6. How does this relate to the Voyages of Columbus? Answer, and put in a link to YOUR Columbus Wind Project. It depends on the angle of the sun which can change a climate of a hole country, some places have direct sunlight others have indirect sunlight rays, the tilt affects the angle of the sun rays wich affect the climate of our world.

Columbus had to now the wind patterns when he was crossing the Atlantic see, he used the wind patterns to travel to America which he thou it was Asia. Since Columbus had to sail on the Atlantic ocean, he had to know were and how would the winds be and were they were going to bring him, and he succeeded wile doing it.

Take a look at my Columbus project

Meldahl Keith. "Global Atmospheric Circulation". Dec 17 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye45DGkqUkE. Accessed 20 March 2017