Climate Controls

Which statement is accurate for a lesson on New York’s Climate Controls?

• New York’s climate varies through interacting latitude, elevation, continentality, lake influence, and Atlantic influence.
• Lake-effect snow illustrates atmospheric instability, fetch, moisture transfer, and wind-direction controls at a regional scale.
• New York State supports interdisciplinary assessment because the same topics – such as the Erie Canal, Niagara Falls, or Hudson-Mohawk corridor – can be examined through geography, history, economics, government, and data literacy.
• GDP per resident can support productivity or scale comparisons but is not a measure of median living standards.