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 * Types of Global warming: **
 * ** burning of fossil fuels **
 * ** green house gases heating up the atomsphere **
 * ** pollution **

Wind patterns: Land forms and climates
 * previaling winds-Global winds blow fairly constant patterns
 * Coloris effect- Causes prevailing winds to blow in diagionally rather than along strict north-south and east-west
 * windward- the side of the mountain range facing the wind.
 * Leeward- side of the mountains
 * rain shadow- the hot, dry air produces little precipitation in an effect.

Weather V.S. Climate

 * Weather is the atmospher in one place at one time.
 * Climate is the weather patterns of an area over along period of time.
 * Weather consists of temperature, precipitation, and wind.
 * Climate consists of a general pattern such as dry and desert climate in an area even if it rains for awhile.

Tilt V.S. Rotation

 * The earth tilts on its axis(Line through earth's center pole to pole).
 * The earth tilts at a 231/3 degress.
 * The earth's tilt effects temperature which varies with direct sunlight.
 * Rotation is when the earth spins on its axis one complete time every 24 hours.
 * The earth rotates west to east and causes day and night.

Latitude and Elevation

 * Latitude zones are bands of latitudes in which climate follows a general pattern.
 * Low latitudes(between 30oS to 30oN) get direct sunlight year round so it is warm to hot.
 * High latitudes(between 60oN to 90oN) get indirect sunlight year round so it is cool to cold.
 * Mid latitudes(between 30oN to 60oN and 30oS to 60oS) get direct and indirect sunlight during the year so the temperature is hot to cold.
 * Elivation influences climate besause of relationship to temperature.
 * Temperatures drop 3.5 degrees every 1,000 ft you go up.
 * You get brighter and more sunlight the thinner your atmosphere.