Guiding Questions: Climate Notes

Section 14.1 What is Climate?

1. Define climatology.
2. What factors does climate include in addition to
average weather conditions?
3. Give two examples of how climatic data can be
used.
4. Why must we exercise caution when using normals
to predict weather?
5. What factors cause climate?
6. Why are coastal areas cooler in the summer than
inland areas?
7. Describe the relationship between temperature
and altitude.
8. Figure 14-3 depicts what effect of orographic lifting
that we discussed last Friday? (HINT: return to
those notes!)
Section 14.2 Climate Classification
1. Name the system used to classify climates. What
factors does it consider?
2. List the six main climate types.
3. What climate type do we live in? List its
characteristics.
4. What is a microclimate? Give an example.

5. What is the heat island effect and where does it

occur?
Guiding Questions: Climate Notes
Section 14.1 What is Climate?
1. Define climatology.
2. What factors does climate include in addition to
average weather conditions?
3. Give two examples of how climatic data can be
used.
4. Why must we exercise caution when using
normals to predict weather?
5. What factors cause climate?
6. Why are coastal areas cooler in the summer than
inland areas?
7. Describe the relationship between temperature
and altitude.
8. Figure 14-3 depicts what effect of orographic
lifting that we discussed last Friday? (HINT:
return to those notes!)
Section 14.2 Climate Classification
1. Name the system used to classify climates. What
factors does it consider?
2. List the six main climate types.
3. What climate type do we live in? List its
characteristics.

4.
5.

What is a microclimate? Give an example.

What is the heat island effect and where does it
occur?