Global Winds Project

by Paige A

March, 17, 2017

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

"Wind and water carry rainfall and the sun creates warmth around the world to create diffrent climates."

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

Weather is reffering to unpredictable changes in a short period of time and climate is reffering to predictable patterns.

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

It blows east.

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

North Eastrly 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.

It affects it by indierct sunlight. The Earth's tilt is going to affect it because not everywhere gets dierct sunlight like NH for example.

6. How does this relate to the Voyages of Columbus? Answer, and put in a link to YOUR Columbus Wind Project.

On his journey he cant move a lot of the time because of where he is and wind dierction when he hits about 30 degress north, he cant move for nine days because of the wind.

Rush, Hunter. "Hadley Cell: Explained" November 6, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ujeHW_kf7Q. Accessed March 17, 2017.