1. Climate Zones

2. Discuss with your group (1 min)
What is the difference between climate and weather? Discuss with your group.

3. Discuss with your group which map above shows Weather and which shows Climate? Explain your answer.

4. Add words to your Notebook Glossary in the back.
CIimate is the average, year after year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds in an area.
Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.

6. Venn Diagram Pg. 87R
Make a venn diagram on pg. 87R and then write the following words in the correct places. Work as a group!
Precipitation
Daily and Hourly
Long term
Average conditions of a place
predictable
Patterns
Forecast
Temperature
Changes quickly
Rainy, sunny, windy, cloudy
Unpredictable
Overall or typical weather pattern.
Daily conditions of a place at a specific time
Wind speed
Maps
Meteorologists
Climatologists
Short term

7. Rainy, sunny, windy, cloudy Changes quickly Unpredictable Wind speed
Weather
Climate
Forecast
Daily/hourly
Rainy, sunny, windy, cloudy
Changes quickly
Unpredictable
Wind speed
Meteorologists
Short term
Daily conditions of a
place at a specific time
Overall or typical weather pattern
Climatologists
Long Term
Average Conditions of a place
Predictable
Temperature
Maps
Precipitation
Patterns

8. Cold Climate (polar climate)
The temperature is never above 50 degrees, winters are long and dark. Summers are short and still cold.There is very little precipitation.

9. Temperate Climate
Some of the best weather in the world is found in areas with a temperate or mild climate. They have warm, wet, hot summers and cold winters. These areas get moisture in both the summer and winter, averaging about 50 to 60 inches annually.

10. Warm Climate
Is warm and dry most of the year. An arid area is one that gets no more than 12 inches of rain each year. Semi-arid areas are ones that get enough rainfall to allow grasses to grow.

11. Tropical Climate
Within tropical climates, there are three groups: tropical wet; tropical wet and dry; and tropical monsoon. Tropical wet regions, also known as rain forests, have the most predictable weather on earth. You can expect lots of rain, warm nights and hot days. The seasons change only slightly.

12. Glue the Climate Zones WorkSheet on Page 87L.
Equator
30 S

13. Color Your map and Key for each Climate Zone.
Can use any colors of your choice just make sure to color the key so you know which color represents which Climate Zone.

14. Complete the Climate Zone worksheet Questions.
Answer Question 1-5 in complete sentences
What patterns do you see?
Looking at your global wind map label each section High Pressure or Low Pressure
What causes the placement of the H and L?
What connections can you make between this map of Climatic Zones and Ocean Currents?
What connections can you make between this map of Climatic Zones and Global Winds ?

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