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Explore how mountains, coastal heating, and moving ocean water influence climate.
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What does topography describe?
Which factor mainly explains why Baguio is cooler than nearby lowland communities?
Which mountain side faces the incoming air flow?
Moist air rises along a mountain slope. Which change helps clouds form?
As dry air travels down a mountain slope, how does it change?
What is the term for a dry region sheltered behind a mountain barrier?
Compared with an inland town at similar altitude and latitude, what daily temperature pattern does a coastal town usually have?
Which local wind is shown in this coastal diagram?

After sunset, why can water near the shore remain warmer than the nearby ground?
In this circulation, where is surface air pressure relatively lower?

Using the shown temperatures, predict the airflow near the ground.

On a sunny morning in Batangas, which surface usually heats up faster?
Which type of heat transfer carries energy through the circulating air above a coast?
What does the term ocean current describe?
What is the main driver of most ocean surface currents?
Which pair of properties creates density differences that help drive deep ocean circulation?
Which source supplies most of the heat redistributed by ocean circulation?
A current brings colder water along a coastline. What effect does it generally have on the nearby air?
In which direction does the North Atlantic subtropical gyre generally circulate?
Which planetary motion causes the Coriolis effect that deflects moving ocean water?
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