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Climographs and Ocean Currents Map (6/19/2024)

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Climographs show the temperature and precipitation of a location throughout the year. Temperature is shown with a line. Precipitation is shown with bars. Use the climograph below to answer the following questions.
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What is the average temperature in May?

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What is the average precipitation in May?

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What is the average temperature in November?

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What is the average precipitation in August?

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What does a climograph show us?

Use the climograph of U.S. City B to answer the following questions.
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According to the climograph above, which month was the warmest?

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According to the climograph above, what is the average temperature of the coldest month at this location?

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According to the climograph above, what is the driest month in this location?

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According to the climograph for U.S. City B, what is the difference in degrees between the coldest and warmest months?

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Use the climograph to answer the question and provide evidence. Does this city have a "dry season" or a season with very low precipitation? If so, when? If not, why? Explain your answer with evidence from the climograph.

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Which business would you rather own in this city? An air conditioning company or a heating company. Support your answer with evidence from the climograph.

Answer the following questions based on your knowledge of ocean currents.
The picture shown above is a current map. Current maps show the flow of warm and cold water currents around the Earth’s surface. Warm currents are shown with red arrows while cold currents are shown with blue arrows. Use the picture above to answer the following questions.
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Based on the map above, what type of winter will Harstad have? Why?

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Based on the map above, what type of summer will Sydney have?

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Based on the map above, what type of winter will London have?

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Based on the map above, what type of summer will Casablanca have?

The following two cities occur at nearly the same latitude near the equator. One is a landlocked city and the other is a coastal city which has an ocean current flowing near it. Reference the ocean current map above to help answer the questions.
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Which of these two cities has a current running nearby?

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Is it a cold current or a warm current?

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Comparing the climographs of the two cities, why is there a difference in precipitation, if they are at the same latitude

The following two cities occur at nearly the same latitude. One is a coastal city located near a warm current and the other is a coastal city which has a cold current flowing near it. Reference the map above to help you with the answers to the following questions.
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Based on the data, which of these two cities has a warm water current nearby?

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Based on the data, which of these two cities has a cold water current nearby?

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Why is there such a difference in precipitation in the two cities if they are located near the same latitude?