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 is unpredictable and is periodic, climate is predictable and is year round."
3. Applying Map Skills Question 1. In which general direction does the wind blow over North America?
"westerlies"
4. Applying Map Skills Question 2. What winds did European sailers use to get to South America and the islands north of it?
"Northeasrely 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.
"The sun's rays hit directed and undirected and because of the tilt it hits different areas to affect climate."
6. How does this relate to the Voyages of Columbus? Answer, and put in a link to YOUR Columbus Wind Project.
because he followed the haddley cells
citation
mcgurl, ryan. " Hadley cell explained", Febuary 24 2015, March 20 2017