1. Write down the main idea of the chapter "Climate" here.
It is talking about the differences between and just talking about climate in the first place.
2. Reading Check Questions on 54- What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather changes the temperature of the air. And climate is the unpredictable pattern of weather.
3. Applying Map Skills Question 1. In which general direction does the wind blow over North America?
It is toward the westernlies
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 Northeasterly 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.
It is because the sun is aimed at a certain point.
6. How does this relate to the Voyages of Columbus? Answer, and put in a link to YOUR Columbus Wind Project.
Columbus used wind to get to North America and he used the wind to sail there and back. https://sites.google.com/sau66.org/columbus-wind-patterns-og22/home
mcgurl, ryan. "Hadley cell explained", Feb 24, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsdxn70pSG4. Accessed 20 Mar. 2017.