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World Geography SOL 2

World Geography SOL 2. Climate is defined by certain characteristics. Climate patterns result from the interplay of common elements. Climatic regions have distinctive vegetation. What is climate?. Certain weather phenomena are unique to specific regions.

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World Geography SOL 2

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  1. World Geography SOL 2

  2. Climate is defined by certain characteristics. • Climate patterns result from the interplay of common elements. • Climatic regions have distinctive vegetation.

  3. What is climate?

  4. Certain weather phenomena are unique to specific regions. • Climate & weather phenomena affect how people live in different regions.

  5. Climate Characteristics • Temperature • Precipitation • Seasons (hot/cold,wet/dry)

  6. Climatic Elements • Influence of latitude • Influence of winds • Influence of elevation • Proximity to water • Influence of ocean currents

  7. World Climatic Regions • Low latitudes (e.g. tropical wet, tropical wet & dry, arid, semiarid, highland) • Middle latitudes (e.g. semiarid, arid, Mediterranean [dry summer subtropical], humid continental, marine west coast, highland) • High latitudes (e.g. subarctic, tundra, icecap)

  8. Vegetation Regions • Rain forest • Savanna • Desert • Steppe • Middle latitude forests • Taiga • Tundra

  9. Weather Phenomena • Monsoons: South & Southeast Asia • Typhoons: Pacific Ocean • Hurricanes: Atlantic Ocean • Tornadoes: United States

  10. Weather Phenomena

  11. Climate has an effect on • Crops • Clothing • Housing • Natural hazards

  12. Physical & ecological processes shape the earth’s surface. • Humans both influence and are influenced by their environments.

  13. Physical & Ecological Processes • Earthquakes • Floods • Volcanic eruptions • Erosion • Deposition

  14. Human Impact on Environment • Water diversion & management - Aral Sea - Colorado River - Aswan High Dam - Canals - Reservoirs - Irrigation

  15. Human Impact on Environment • Landscape changes • Agricultural terracing (e.g. in China & Southeast Asia) • Polders (e.g. in the Netherlands) • Deforestation (e.g. in Nepal, Brazil, Malaysia) • Desertification (e.g. in Africa, Asia)

  16. Human Impact on Environment • Environmental Changes - Acid Rain (e.g. forests in Germany, Scandinavia, China & Eastern North America) - Pollution (e.g. in Mexico City, Chernobyl, oil spills)

  17. Technology has expanded people’s ability to modify & adapt to their physical environment.

  18. Influence of Technology • Agriculture (e.g. fertilizers, mechanization) • Energy usage (e.g. fossil fuels, nuclear) • Transportation (e.g. road building, railways) • Automobiles (e.g. parking lots, suburbs) • Airplanes (e.g. airport expansion, noise)

  19. Environmental Impact on Humans • Settlement patterns • Housing materials • Agricultural activity • Types of recreation • Transportation patterns

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