Weather and Climate

Climate is driven by six major factors. Latitude is an extremely important factor when determining a region's climate. The unequal heating of the Earth causes different latitudes of the world to receive different amounts of sunlight. Other factors that affect climate are a locations proximity to water, elevation, wind patterns, ocean currents, and landforms. View What is Climate? from eMediaVA℠ to learn more about climate. While you are watching this video, think about the following questions.

• How do weather and climate differ?
• What factors affect climate?
• How are humans impacting climate?