1. Weather and Climate Essential Question- How does climate and weather affect the way people live? Weather – What its like outside right now (hot/cold, snow/rain, clear/cloudy) Climate – Typical weather in an area over a period of time

2. TROPICAL RAIN FOREST CLIMATETROPICAL RAIN FOREST CLIMATE HOT, WET AND HUMID ALL YEAR ROUND, RAINS DAILY. DIRECT SUN KEEPS THE TEMPERATURES HIGH. FOUND IN THE EQUATOR REGION.

3. TROPICAL SAVANNA CLIMATETROPICAL SAVANNA CLIMATE DRY WINTERS, WET SUMMERS, LOCATED IN THE TROPICS JUST BEYOND THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE WHICH IS ALWAYS HIGH.

4. DESERT CLIMATEDESERT CLIMATE HOT DAYS, COOL TO COLD NIGHTS, THERE IS LITTLE TO NO RAIN IN THIS CLIMATE, THEREFORE IT IS VERY DRY. DESERTS COVER ABOUT 1/5 OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE.

5. STEPPE CLIMATESTEPPE CLIMATE DRY AREAS THAT BORDER DESERTS. THESE AREAS HAVE VERY LITTLE RAINFALL ONLY ABOUT 10 TO 20 INCHES PER YEAR.

6. MARINE WEST COAST CLIMATEMARINE WEST COAST CLIMATE COOL SUMMERS, WITH MILD WINTERS, HEAVY RAINS IN THE WINTER

7. MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATEMEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE MILD RAINY WINTERS WITH HOT DRY SUMMERS.

8. HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATEHUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE RAIN FALLS ALL YEAR WITH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SUMMER. WINTERS ARE SHORTER AND MILD SUMMERS ARE HOT AND HUMID

9. HUMID CONTINENTAL CLIMATEHUMID CONTINENTAL CLIMATE COLD SNOWY WINTERS, COOL TO WARM SUMMERS WITH SOME RAIN EVERY MONTH.

10. SUBARCTIC CLIMATESUBARCTIC CLIMATE LONG VERY COLD WINTERS WITH SHORT COOL SUMMERS.

11. TUNDRA CLIMATETUNDRA CLIMATE LONG BITTERY COLD WINTERS WITH VERY SHORT COOL SUMMERS. SUMMERS GET CONSTANT LIGHT BUT LITTLE HEAT FROM THE SUN.

12. POLAR ICE CAP CLIMATEPOLAR ICE CAP CLIMATE ALWAYS COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE. BITTERLY COLD ALL YEAR AROUND WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION.

13. HIGHLAND CLIMATE HIGHLAND CLIMATE MOUNTAIN AREAS WHERE THE HIGHER IN ALTITUDE THE COOLER THE AIR TEMPERATURE Sea Level 1,000 ft 3,300 ft 6,600 ft 9,900 ft 13,200 ft 16,500 ft 19,800 ft 81°F 77°F 70°F 57°F 49°F 34°F 21°F 9°F Guayaquil * Guayaquil Quito * Quito Hot Zone TemperateZone Temperate Zone Cold Zone Tundra Snow cap