When you are an adult, what kind of climate do you want to live in? Why? Warm Up: Climate

Climographs

Your Turn! Using the chart provided, create a climograph for Houston. temperature Remember temperature is a line. Precipitation Precipitation is a bar.

Name: _____________________________Class Period: __________ Houston, Texas

Your Turn! MonthTemperature (*F)Precipitation (Inches) January503 February543 March613 April683 May745 June805 July834 August823 September785 October704 November614 December533

World Climates

Climate RegionCharacteristics Climograph Letter LACEMOPS Tropical Wet Tropical Wet and Dry Semiarid Desert Mediterranean Marine west coast Name: ____________________________________Class Period: __________ Part I: Whole Class -- Take notes during powerpoint and complete Characteristics column. Part II: With a partner -- visit each station and use characteristics to determine the Climate Region for each city. Place the letter of the correct placard in column labeled Climograph Letter. Part III: Whole Class – Use LACEMOP homework to fill in last column together. Discuss: How do the LACEMOP characteristics of each city correlate with the Climate Region characteristics?

Tropical Wet Characteristics – Constant summer-like temperatures – Daily rains in the afternoon - Average temperature is 80 degrees - Approximately 80 inches of rain a year - low latitude climate

Tropical Wet and Dry Characteristics – Rainy, warm summers – Dry, cool winters

Semiarid Characteristics – Little precipitation (average is 16 inches) – mild to cold winters (can snow)/ hot summers – interior of continents – grasslands, some of the most productive agricultural land

Desert Characteristics – Less than 10 inches per year of precipitation – Hot deserts have high temperatures during the day. Night temperatures drop quickly due to low humidity.

Mediterranean Characteristics – Dry, hot summers – cool, rainy winters – usually around Med Sea, but can also be found on west coast of U.S. and parts of Australia – dense population and agricultural activity, such as citrus

Marine West Coast Characteristics – Cloudy, Damp and Foggy – precipitation year round as result of warm ocean currents – Moderate, constant temperature/precipitation year round – smog can be an issue

Humid Subtropical Characteristics – Long summers- heat and humidity – Found along east coast and prone to hurricanes – mild to cool winters – Crops, such as rice, grow well here

Humid Continental Characteristics – Great variety in temperature and precipitation – all four seasons (latitude determines length of location's seasons) – mid-latitude climate

Subarctic Characteristics – Huge temperature variations – short, cool summers – very cold winters – 5-8 months of at or below freezing temperatures – taiga forests (evergreen forests)

Tundra Characteristics – Little precipitation (usually less than 15 Inches) – permafrost (permanently frozen ground) – cold, short summer (high temps about 40 degrees) – flat and treeless, lichen and moss can grow

Ice Cap Characteristics – Permanently freezing temperatures, so cold it rarely snows – polar desert (receives less than 10 inches of rain a year) – high latitude climate

Highlands Characteristics – All factors vary due to elevation and direction of slope – Colder as elevation increases – mountain areas

CONNECT to PREVIOUS LEARNING Teacher Instructions: 1.After students complete Station Activity with Partner, have them reassemble as a Whole Class to discuss and complete the last column on the page together. 2.For each city/placard, ask who had that location for homework. Have student(s) discuss how the LACEMOP characteristics of that location, such as Latitude, correspond to the Climate Region. Not every LACEMOP needs to be added to notes. 3.The Climagraph posters have been included so that you may use them as students complete the LACEMOP column of their notes.

D Belem, Brazil Elev: 42 ft Lat: 01 o 27' S Long: 48 o 29'W LACEMOPS – Latitude – warm ocean currents – winds moving air masses

C Mexico City, Mexico Elev: 7340 ft Lat: 19 o 26' N Long: 99 o 04'W LACEMOPS – Latitude – warm ocean currents – winds moving air masses

K Phoenix, Az. Elev: 1107 ft Lat: 33 o N Long: 112 o W LACEMOPS – Continentality – winds moving apart at horse latitudes – cold ocean currents – mountain barriers

H Cairo, Egypt Elev: 381 ft Lat: 29 o N Long: 31 o E LACEMOPS – Continentality – winds moving apart at horse latitudes – cold ocean currents – mountain barriers

E Athens, Greece Elev: 351 ft Lat: 37 o N Long: 23 o E LACEMOPS – Latitude – ocean currents – air masses

F London, England Elev: 149 ft Lat: 51 o N Long: 00 o LACEMOPS – Warm winds – cold ocean currents (storms) – Continentality (moderates)

L Buenos Aires, Argentina Elev: 89 ft Lat: 34 o 33' S Long: 58 o 29'W LACEMOPS – Latitude – warm ocean currents meet high pressure with heavy cold air (storms)

J Minneapolis, Minnesota Elev: 686 ft Lat: 45 o N Long: 93 o W LACEMOPS – Latitude, – continentality (farther away from water) – air masses chilled by Arctic ice and snow collide with tropical air masses ( storms, tornadoes )

B Arkhangelsk, Russia Elev: 13 ft Lat: 65° N, Long: 41° W LACEMOPS – Latitude – polar winds and cold air masses – Continentality, (extreme coldness b/c no water to moderate)

A Barrow, Alaska Elev: 10 ft Lat: 71° N, Long: 157° W LACEMOPS – Latitude – polar air masses – cold ocean currents (dry, little precipitation)

I Scott Base, Antarctica Elev: 52 ft Lat: 77 o S Long: 166 o E LACEMOPS – Latitude – polar air masses – cold ocean currents (dry, little precipitation)

G La Paz, Bolivia Elev: 11,975ft Lat: 17 o S Long: 68 o W LACEMOPS – Elevation – Latitude – Winds – ocean currents (dry or wet)