Section 1:  Climate and Climate Change

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Key Terms:

• climate
• latitude
  
• El Niño
  
• La Niña
  

Main Ideas:

• Climate is the long-term prevailing weather conditions at a particular place.
• Factors that determine climate include latitude, atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, local geography, and solar and volcanic activity.  Latitude is the most important determining factor of climate.
• The angle at which the sun's rays strike the Earth changes as the Earth moves around the sun.  This change in angle is what causes the seasons to change.