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Climate Zones

Climate Zones. Green Book pg 550-551 Purple Book pg 52-53 Blue Book 60-61. Graphic Organizer. HIGH. MIDDLE. LOW. MIDDLE. HIGH. Climate zone name. General Location Weather Conditions Vegetation. Anywhere in the World Climates (3). Semi-Arid (Steppe) Arid (Desert) Highland.

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Climate Zones

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  1. Climate Zones • Green Book pg 550-551 • Purple Book pg 52-53 • Blue Book 60-61

  2. Graphic Organizer

  3. HIGH MIDDLE LOW MIDDLE HIGH

  4. Climate zone name • General Location • Weather Conditions • Vegetation

  5. Anywhere in the World Climates (3) • Semi-Arid (Steppe) • Arid (Desert) • Highland

  6. Semiarid Around deserts/Inside continents Hot summers and cooler winters Grassland, few trees Chaparral

  7. Desert • 10 in. or less rain. • Summer warm-hot. Winter quite cool-freezing • Scrubby short bushes and cacti

  8. Highland • High mountain regions • Greatly varied temperatures • Mixed Forest to Evergreen • Timberline

  9. Low Latitude Climates (2) • Tropical Wet (Tropical Rainforest) • Tropical Wet and Dry (Tropical Savannah)

  10. Tropical Wet • Low lat. • Always Hot • Tropical Rain Forest • Canopy of Trees • Dark on the lithosphere

  11. Tropical Wet and Dry • Humid Tropics-T.W.&D. • Warm all year, Rainy/Dry Seasons • Tropical grassland with scattered broccoli shaped trees

  12. Mid-Latitude Climates (4) • Mediterranean • Humid Subtropical • Humid Continental • Marine West Coast

  13. Mediterranean • W. Coasts • Dry sun warm summers/ mild wetter winters • Scrub & thin grass • Woody bush trees • Grapes/Olives

  14. Humid Subtropical • East coasts mid lats. • Hot H. summers/Mild H. winters • Mixed forest • Is it like Texas?

  15. Humid Continental • East Coasts Upper mid lats. • 4 seasons, long cold winter & S. W. summers • Mixed forest Trees>4-6 stories tall

  16. Marine West Coast • West Coast upper-mid lats. • Cloudy mild summers/ cool rainy winters • Temperate Evergreen/mixed Forests

  17. High Latitude Climates (3) • Subarctic • Tundra • Ice Cap

  18. Subarctic • Interior/East coasts High Lats. • Extreme Temps., long cold winters • Northern evergreen forest with permafrost

  19. Tundra • High lats. Coasts • Cold all year • Moss, low shrubs, lichen • Permafrost

  20. Ice Cap • Polar regions • Freezing cold year round • Ice caps are ice. • Lichens

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