World Geography SOL 2 - Climate

Climate Conditions over a long period of time for a particular region Includes: Temperature Precipitation Seasons (hot/cold, wet/dry)

Factors that effect climate Latitude Elevation Winds Ocean currents Landforms – Rain shadow effect

World Climate Regions Low latitudes (e.g., tropical wet, tropical wet and dry, arid, semiarid, highland) Between 30° N and 30° S Usually Warm climate

World Climate Region Middle Latitudes (e.g., semiarid, arid, Mediterranean [dry summer subtropical], humid continental, marine west coast, highland) Usually temperate climate (hot and cold seasons) Between 30 and 60 N° and S°

World Climate Regions High latitudes (e.g., subarctic, tundra, icecap) Usually always cold Between 60° and 75° N and S

World Climate Regions

Vegetation Regions • Rain forest • Savanna • Desert • Steppe • Middle latitude forests • Taiga • Tundra Which latitude zone do you think each vegetation region is located?

Weather Phenomena • Monsoons: South and Southeast Asia - Rainy and dry seasons • Typhoons: Pacific Ocean - Just like a hurricane but in the Pacific • Hurricanes: Atlantic Ocean • Tornadoes: United States

Climate Affects…. • crops • clothing • housing • natural hazards.

Assignment Complete Geo-Themes Atlas Activity The World – Lesson 3: Rainfall, Growing Seasons, and Climate (turn in when finished) Complete Terms 1-5 on SOL 2 b,c paper

Influence of Technology

Agriculture Fertilizer Mechanization

Energy Use Fossil Fuels Nuclear

Transportation Road buildings Railways

Automobile Parking lots suburbs

Airplanes Airport Expansion Noise

Environment Impact on Humans • Settlement patterns • Housing materials • Agricultural activity • Types of recreation • Transportation patterns

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