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Climate Lesson

Directions: - Click “Slide Show” then “View Show” to view the power point. Record all notes and complete all tasks in your notebook. If a page doesn’t have a directions box like this, just get the notes. Climate Lesson. What factors contribute to a region’s climate?. Table of Contents.

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Climate Lesson

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  1. Directions: • - Click “Slide Show” then “View Show” to view the power point. • Record all notes and complete all tasks in your notebook. • If a page doesn’t have a directions box like this, just get the notes. Climate Lesson What factors contribute to a region’s climate?

  2. Table of Contents 1. Draw a line underneath wherever you left off yesterday. 2. Write the title “Climographs”

  3. Major Climate Regions 1. Tropical Wet: Always hot and rainy (Amazon Rainforest) 2. Desert: Less than 10 inches of rain per year (Phoenix, AZ) 3. Semiarid: Receives between 10 and 16 inches of rain per year (West Texas) Number in your notebook 1-8.

  4. Major Climate Regions 4. Mediterranean: Dry and hot summers, cool and rainy winters (Los Angeles, CA) 5. Humid Subtropical: Hot and humid summers, mild to cool winters (Houston, TX) 6. Marine West Coast: Warm ocean currents bring mild temperatures and constant rainfall (Seattle, WA).

  5. Major Climate Regions 7. Humid Continental: Hot summers, cold winters. Located in the interior, far away from oceans. Four distinct seasons (St. Louis, MO). 8. Tundra: Always cold. Flat, treeless lands around the Arctic Ocean. Very little rain. Land has permafrost. (Greenland)

  6. Climographs • Definition  Climographs are a graphic representation of the climate in a given area. • 5 Themes of Geography – Place • What is it like there? • You could use a climograph to tell you COPY WHAT IS IN THE BOX

  7. Hilo, Hawaii – Tropical Wet Climographs include… a line graph measuring average temperature and… a bar graph measuring average rainfall for each month. COPY WHAT IS IN THE BOX Temperature Rainfall

  8. Houston Climograph - Humid Subtropic

  9. Las Vegas Climograph - Desert • Task  complete the questions below in your notebook… • How are the climates of Houston and Las Vegas different? • How do you know?

  10. Task  complete the questions below in your notebook… • How are the climates of Houston and Las Vegas different? • How do you know? Houston – Humid Subtropical Las Vegas - Desert

  11. Climograph Help • Task  Complete the questions below in your notebook… • How would a farmer use a climograph? • How would a tourist use a climograph? • What is another profession in which people would find a climograph useful? • How to read a climograph • Use the key • Line graph = temperature • Bar graph = precipitation • Does what you’re thinking make sense? • Check your axises COPY WHAT IS IN THE BOX

  12. Climograph Assignment – K/H • You have been hired by the US military to analyze the climate of two cities, Baghdad and Houston. • Major decisions will be made based on your analysis of the climate of both cities. He wants you to determine when is the best month to launch the attack. • To do so you must analyze the climates of both cities and determine which month is the best time to launch the attack from Houston that will blow up a bunker in Baghdad. • Your commander will present you with the following directions…

  13. How to Make a Climate Graph: 1. Plot the data on RAIN (precipitation, shown in inches) as a bar graph by month. 2. Plot the data on TEMP (temperature in degrees Fahrenheit [F]) as a line graph by month. 3. Analyze the two graphs to describe the climates in these two locations? - What are the seasons like? When is it hot? When is it cooler? - When is it wet? When is it dry? - You may wish to use Handout 3 “Describing a Climate Graph” to help.

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