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Bell Work: . Glue grade sheet on your grade sheet page!. Use page 203 in your textbook. Draw, label, and define the three vertical climate regions. Reminders: Maps due Friday with a quiz (50 points map/50 points quiz)

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Bell Work:

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  1. Bell Work: Glue grade sheet on your grade sheet page! • Use page 203 in your textbook. • Draw, label, and define the three vertical climate regions. Reminders: Maps due Friday with a quiz (50 points map/50 points quiz) Current Event (academic) Culture project (Pre-AP) due Friday on google drive. Bell Work taken up on Friday.

  2. Climates of Latin America • What are the main two climate regions in Latin America? ________________ ________________ How does Latin America’s latitude affect their climate?_________________________ _________________________

  3. The Rainforest • Dense vegetation • The canopy (continuous layer of leaves) can reach 130 ft. • Sunlight seldom reaches the floor.

  4. The Rainforest • Earth’s largest rainforest, 1/3 of South America. • Contains the most species of plants and animals than anywhere else on earth.

  5. Tropical Savanna • Hot temperatures and abundant rainfall. • Extended dry season • Grasslands such as the llanos

  6. Humid Subtropical • Short mild winters • Long, hot, humid summers • Pampas = short grasses

  7. Desert • Atacama Desert (Chile) – Created by the rainshadow effect of the Andes Mountains. • No rainfall has ever been recorded in some places.

  8. Steppe • Hot summers, cool winters, light rainfall. • Grassy or lightly forested.

  9. El Nino • Watch the video and answer the questions. • http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/environment-natural-disasters/landslides-and-more/el-nino/

  10. The Amazon Rainforest • http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/habitats/Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests#p0039zg5 • Video 1 – Amazon Rainforest (Andes to Amazon) • Video 2 – Rainforest Destruction (The Living Planet)

  11. Vertical Climate Zones

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