1. Tuesday 5/21/19
Bell Ringer: Review your two column notes on factors that affect regional climate. What factors do you think cause Helena to get less rain than Seattle? Explain why you think this. Seattle average annual precipitation = 34.1 inches Helena average annual precipitation = inches

2. Factors that Affect Regional Climates
Elevation
Latitude
Ocean Currents
Winds
Rain Shadow Effect

3. Climate Climate is the average weather of a place over years.
The climate of a region is described based on:
Temperature
Precipitation
There are a variety of climate types

4. Cause of Regional Climates
I can write a scientific argument to explain factors that influence regional climates.

5. Patterns?
A patterns is the regular and repeated way in which something happens.
What patterns in precipitation does this map show us?
Answer questions #1-3.
Now answer questions #4-7.
Earth scientists observe and try to understand weather patterns (aka climate) and the causes of those patterns.
For example: What causes the pattern of some areas on the South American Pacific Coast get a lot of rain and others get very little?
The scientists will then look for patterns in the factors that impact the amount of rain.

6. Atacama: The Driest Desert on Earth

7. Exit Ticket
In your spiral answer the following question: What do you think is causing the Atacama Desert to be so dry?