Polar climates - very cold and dry all year round with long winters, Temperate Climates - milder temperatures with 4 seasons, Tropical Climates - hot with lots of rain year round, Convection Currents - warm air rises and cool air sinks, Coriolis Effect - global winds curve as the earth spins causing this., jet stream - narrow bands of strong wind high in the atmosphere, sea breezes - during the day, land heats up and rises, cool air from the ocean rushes into fill its space., land breezes - at night, land cools quickly and the air above the ocean tends to be warmer. Air rushes from the land to the sea., rain shadow - dry area on one side of a mountain, gulf stream - an ocean current that carries warm water from the equator up the east coast of USA to Europe,

Climate Patterns

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