Chapter: Climate

1. Chapter: Climate Section 2: Climate Types

2. Climate Types 2 Classifying Climates • Climatologists—people who study climates—usually use a system developed in 1918 by Wladimir Köppen to classify climates. • Köppen observed that the types of plants found in a region depended on the climate of the area. • He classified world climates by using the annual and monthly averages of temperature and precipitation of different regions.

3. Climate Types 2 Classifying Climates • The climate classification system separates climates into six groups—tropical, mild, dry, continental, polar, and high elevation.

4. Climate Types 2 Classifying Climates

5. Climate Classification System • What is the most widely used and best known? • Koppen Climate Classification System • Uses monthly values of temperature and precipitation to classify climates • Classifies climate regions in a realistic way • It has 5 principal groups- What are they? (hint pg 592)

6. How are climate classified? • All of them are classified by temperature EXCEPT…. • Dry climates • Dry climates are classified by amount of precipitation that falls over an area

7. Pages 593-599 • What are Humid Tropical Climates, Humid Mid- Latitude Climates and Dry Climates? • Fill in the blanks: • 1. World Climates • A. Humid tropical • Wet tropics • B Humid mid-latitude • C Dry • D • E

8. Climates • Table 1- Wet Tropical • Table 2- Tropical Wet and Dry • Table 3- Humid Mid – Latitude (mild winters) • Table 4- Humid Mid – Latitude (severe winters) • Table 5- Polar Climates • Table 6- Highland Climates

9. Assignment • Read about your climate and make notes of the key ideas in the text. • I will call on a representative of your table to share with the class

11. Map Master – this will be collected • Page 594-595 (Sahara = northern Africa) • Do the map master skills activity • THEN answer the following: • Name 3 places that have severe winters • Name 4 places that have arid climates • What climate does NC have? • Pick a place to go on vacation that would have a tropical wet and dry climate.

12. Worldwide Climate Zone Activity Objective: • To identify the Earth’s climate zones by isotherm boundaries • To analyze a map of the Earth’s climate zones

13. World Map

14. Section Check 2 Question 1 What two factors do climatologists use to classify climates?

15. Section Check 2 Answer Climatologists use a system developed by Wladimir Koppen that classifies climates using average temperatures and precipitation.