Geography & Local Weather

Question 1

Two towns are each 20° north of the equator. Town A sits right on a big sea, while Town B is far away from any large water. Which one of the things below can make their usual weather different?

Accepted Answer

How close the town is to a large body of water

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What kinds of animals live there

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How many houses are in the town

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What language the people speak

Question 2

Sam and Maya are studying world climates. Which group of three sentences best tells the usual weather for each place: a rainforest near the equator, a desert far from the sea, and a polar area at the top of the world?

Accepted Answer

Rainforest – hot and wet most of the year; Desert – very hot days and very little rain; Polar – very cold with snow and ice most of the year.

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Rainforest – warm and dry all year; Desert – cold with lots of rain; Polar – hot with occasional showers.

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Rainforest – cold and dry; Desert – hot and rainy; Polar – cold with frequent rain.

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Rainforest – cool and snowy; Desert – moderate temperatures and frequent rain; Polar – warm and dry.

Question 3

Sunnyvale is 7° north of the equator and sits on a plain 250 m above sea level. Frostburg is 48° north of the equator and lies right on the coast at sea level. Which reason best explains why Sunnyvale’s average temperature is usually higher than Frostburg’s?

Accepted Answer

Sunnyvale gets sunlight that hits the Earth more directly because it is nearer to the equator.

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Sunnyvale is higher up, and temperature gets hotter the higher you go.

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The Earth’s tilt makes the Sun farther away from Frostburg during the year.

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Frostburg is next to the ocean, and large bodies of water keep places cooler.

Try three questions

Two towns are each 20° north of the equator. Town A sits right on a big sea, while Town B is far away from any large water. Which one of the things below can make their usual weather different?

Sam and Maya are studying world climates. Which group of three sentences best tells the usual weather for each place: a rainforest near the equator, a desert far from the sea, and a polar area at the top of the world?

Sunnyvale is 7° north of the equator and sits on a plain 250 m above sea level. Frostburg is 48° north of the equator and lies right on the coast at sea level. Which reason best explains why Sunnyvale’s average temperature is usually higher than Frostburg’s?

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