Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words in the Word Bank below.
Decreases
cold
latitude
ice
6,000 m
equator
more
23.5 0
Smaller
warm
higher
lower
Farther
Polar Regions
weather
temperate regions
Tropical regions
altitudes
climate



1._____________________ is the average weather in a place and it take hundreds,

Thousands of years to change, while 2._________________ can change in just a few hours.

Earth have different climate zones, these are the 3.______________________,

4.________________________ and 5____________________________.

One factor affecting climate is the latitude. When the area is 6.______________ from the

Equator, the temperature is 7._______________. When the place is closer to the equator, the air

Temperature 8.__________________ which results in a 9._____________ climate.

Therefore, as the 10._________________ increases, the 11.___________ the angle of

Sun’s ray strike the surface.

Due to the tilting of the earth’s axis, about 12.______________, places near

13._________________, receives 14._____________ heat making the air temperature higher.

Mount Kilimanjaro, located near the equator is almost 15_____________ above sea level

The reason why its peak is covered by 16____________.

Aside from 17._________________, the angular distance, North or South from the

Earth’s equator, another factor affecting climate is the vertical elevation of an object above surface, the

18.____________________. Places with higher elevations have 19._____________ climate.

As the altitude increases, the temperature 20.____________________, because there is

Less air, and lighter air cannot absorb much heat.