Climographs Precipitation and Time – Domain = Months (X axis) – Range = Precipitation (Y axis) Temperature and Time – Domain = Months (X axis) – Range = Temperature (Y axis) As we explore the following climographs around the world, lets determine the: – Domain – Range – Situation
Matching Climographs In your groups: Match the climographs given to you with each of the different climate types on your climate types chart from yesterday. We will check our answers once you are done. Remember, 32⁰F = Freezing
Shanghai, China Humid Subtropical
London, United Kingdom Marine West Coast
New Delhi, India Tropical Wet and Dry
Moscow, Russia Humid Continental
Barcelona, Spain Mediterranean
Belem, Brazil Tropical Wet
Tehran, Iran Semi Arid
Cairo, Egypt Arid
Fairbanks, Alaska Subarctic
Climate Types of the World
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What Climate Type is It? ? Identify the climate type based on the clues….
Found just south of the equator… Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa Highland
University Campus Boca Raton, Florida Humid Subtropical
These are olive trees… Of southern Spain Mediterranean
Low lying woody shrubs… Outback of Australia Semi Arid
Sledding in the winter… NE of the United States… Humid Continental
Glacier in the background Tundra After things have melted in Norway…
Arial view of a tributary… Amazon River Tropical Wet
Dense vegetation, not tropical… Olympic National Forest, WA Marine West Coast