Continental Position and Climate Patterns

Climate Controls: Factors That Shape Regional Climates

11th Grade·Social Studies·TEKS

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Describe how a location's position on a continent affects its temperature range and precipitation.

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Climate Controls: Factors That Shape Regional Climates

11th Grade · Social Studies · TEKS

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Explain how Earth-Sun relationships, latitude, elevation, atmospheric circulation, ocean currents, and continental position combine to determine a region's climate.

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113.43(b)(4)(A)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Social-studies · 11th Grade

explain how elevation, latitude, wind systems, ocean currents, position on a continent, and mountain barriers influence temperature, precipitation, and distribution of climate regions;