Wanna know more about the earth you live in? Learn more about the basic concepts of climatology with these slides.

1. CLIMATOLOGY
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2. CONTENTS
BACKGROUND
ELEMENTS
FACTORS
INDICES

3. BACKGROUND
 Climate: from the Greek word “klima”, meaning inclination or slope
altitude (height above sea-level)
 Climate is described as the prevailing atmospheric conditions of an
area persisting for the longest time, usually a period of 30 years.
 Weather is only the atmospheric conditions of an area for a short
period of time, i.e days and weeks.
 A person who studies climatology is called a climatologist.

4. ELEMENTS OF CLIMATE.
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 Temperature
 Precipitation
 Wind
 Humidity

5. FACTORS AFFECTING
CLIMATE
 Distance from the
equator
 Distance from the sea
 Ocean currents
 Altitude
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6. INDICES
LOOK IN THE SLIDE NOTES
BELOW FOR TOPICS TO
CONSIDER TALKING ABOUT
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7. WORKS CITED
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