Looking Back at Patterns of Air Temperature, Global warming and Future Geographies

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1. What is an isotherm?

2. What is a temperature gradient?

3. How do isotherms shift when moving from water to the interior of a continent in the summer and winter?

4. Match the magnitude of the temperature range to the location:

West coast             A. Large temperature range

East Coast             B. Moderate temperature range

Interior                 C. Small temperature range

5. Which regions ( tropical, subtropical, midlatitudes, Arctic) are expected to to experience the largest and smallest temperature changes as a result of global warming?