The document summarizes how various physical factors influence Earth's climate: 1) The sun is the main driver of climate, with latitude affecting the angle of sunlight and creating different climate zones. 2) Wind patterns like prevailing winds and monsoons also impact climate by affecting temperatures and rainfall. Local winds form near land and water boundaries. 3) Oceans and ocean currents influence climate by transporting warm and cool waters to land areas, while high elevations and mountain ranges can create "rain shadows" with drier climates on one side.

1. The Physical World Chapter 2 Mr. Jeremy Rinkel

11. Section 2 Forces of Change

24. Section 3 Earth’s Water

31. Chapter 3 Climates of Earth

33. Climograph

35. Latitude Zones Latitude Zones

37. Prevailing winds map Prevailing Winds

39. Monsoon map The Wind’s Effect on Climate

41. Land breeze The Wind’s Effect on Climate

42. Sea breeze The Wind’s Effect on Climate

44. Tornado picture The Wind’s Effect on Climate

45. Tornado Alley TORNADO ALLEY

46. Campbelltown, PA Campbelltown, PA – July, 2004

48. Katrina satellite photo The Wind’s Effect on Climate (cont.) (pages 56–57)

50. El Niño picture The Wind’s Effect on Climate (cont.)

51. El Niño jet streams

53. Ocean currents map Ocean and Currents

54. California current San Francisco - 1989

56. Snowcapped mountain Climate and Landforms

57. Rain shadow diagram Climate and Landforms

59. Urban heat island The Impact of People on Climate

61. Sun’s heat The Impact of People on Climate (cont.)

62. Greenhouse diagram The Impact of People on Climate (cont.)

63. Global warming graph The Impact of People on Climate (cont.)

65. Burning rain forest (pages 56–57) The Impact of People on Climate (cont.)

68. Rain forest canopy Canopy (page 64)

69. Rain forest climograph Tropical Climates Tropical Rain forest Hot and Wet all year

71. Savanna picture Tropical savanna (page 64)

72. Tropical savanna climograph Tropical Climates Tropical savanna Hot all year – wet and dry seasons

73. Climate map Tropical Climates (cont.)

75. Temperate rain forest Temperate rain forest

76. Marine west coast climograph Mid-Latitude Climates Marine west coast wet with moderate temperatures

77. Climate map Tropical Climates (cont.)

79. Mediterranean climograph Mid-Latitude Climates (cont.) Mediterranean Hot dry summer, mild wet winter

80. Climate map Tropical Climates (cont.)

81. Humid continental climograph Mid-Latitude Climates (cont.) Humid continental wet – hot summer, cold winter

82. Climate map Tropical Climates (cont.)

84. Humid subtropical climograph Mid-Latitude Climates (cont.) Humid subtropical Moist – hot summer, mild winter

85. Climate map Tropical Climates (cont.)

87. Taiga picture Taiga

88. Taiga map High Latitude Climates

89. Subarctic climograph High Latitude Climates Subarctic Long winter, short mild summer

91. Tundra vegetation Tundra Vegetation

92. Tundra picture Tundra

93. Tundra mosquitoes

94. Tundra climograph High Latitude Climates Tundra – cold, dry, permafrost

96. Ice cap climograph High Latitude Climates (cont.) Ice cap – always frozen

97. Climate map Tropical Climates (cont.)

99. Tropical desert Tropical Desert

100. Tropical desert climograph Tropical Desert Desert – less than 10 inches a year

101. Mid-latitude desert Mid-latitude Desert

102. Mid-latitude desert climograph Mid-latitude Desert Desert Less than 10 inches rain a year

104. Steppe vegetation Steppe Vegetation

105. Steppe climograph Dry Climates Steppe 10-20 inches per year

106. Climate map Tropical Climates (cont.)

108. Snowcapped mountain Highland Climates

109. Alpine tundra and timberline Alpine Tundra - Timberline

110. Climate map Tropical Climates (cont.)