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Controls of Climate 1. List the six major climate controls. Latitude Land & water Pressure & wind systems Gerralhic position Mountain & high lowo) Ocean curents 2. Which climate control has the greatest influence on global temperatures? Latitude 3. Contrast continental and marine climates. 4. Describe the connection between pressure systems and the world distribution of precipitation. 5. Describe how a mountain system affects the distribution of precipitation on its windward side as compared to its leeward side. 6. The contiguous 48 states are located in the midlatitudes, where the westerlies are the dominant wind system. Should we expect a more pronounced marine climate along the west or east side of the continent? 7. Do low-latitude locations experience larger or smaller annual temperature ranges than high-latitude locations? 8. Would you expect a warming or cooling effect from a poleward-moving (northward-moving in the Northern Hemisphere) ocean current in winter? 9. Briefly describe the amount of precipitation that would be expected for locations under the influence of each of the following pressure and wind systems. (Refer to Figure 15.19, page 268.) Equatorial low: Subtropical high: Subpolar low: Polar high: 10. Which one of the pressure zones listed in Question 9 is most influential in the middle latitudes?