Summary:
- Major climate types are based on temperature and precipitation.
- Latitude plays an important role in determining the climate of a region.
- Oceans and mountain ranges influence climate in the same ways worldwide.
- A major type of climate and its living things make up a biome.
- Climate conditions in a small area may be different from those of the surroundings.
- The microclimate of a valley may be cool relative to its surroundings since cold air sinks.
- The ground surface may be hotter or colder than the air a few feet above it.
- Different sides of a mountain will have different microclimates.