1. Write down the main idea of the chapter "Climate" here.
Climate is the usual pattern of the weather of a long amount of time and the tropics near the equater recieve more sunlight that other place in the world
2. Reading Check Questions on 54- What is the difference between weather and climate?
Climate is the predictable patern of weather over a long time in your area. While weather is what the climate is due to the winds,sunshine,etc...
Hunter Rush. "Hadley Cell: Explained". Nov 6, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ujeHW_kf7Q. March 17, 2017.
3. Applying Map Skills Question 1. In which general direction does the wind blow over North America?
NorthEast
4. Applying Map Skills Question 2. What winds did European sailers use to get to South America and the islands north of it?
The North Easterly
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.\
Because the sunrays will be stronger and weaker at different places.
6. How does this relate to the Voyages of Columbus? Answer, and put in a link to YOUR Columbus Wind Project.
Columbus used the North Easterly winds to get to the Caribian islands and South America. Columbus Wind Project