1. Climate Zones © The GlobalEd 2 Project
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2. Essential Questions What are climate zones?
How are climate zones useful?
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3. Enduring Understandings
One definition of time zones is that they are a series of zones that represent different climatic conditions in the United States and Canada, based on temperature.
Climate zones are useful to horticulturists for rating the hardiness of plants.
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4. Types of Climate Zones The polar zone (E) The dry zone (B)
The humid tropical zone (A)
Moist-mid latitude (mild winters) zone (C)
Moist-mid latitude (severe winters) zone (D)
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5. E:The Polar Zone: Sub-climates
Tundra (always cold & dry with short cold summers)
Ice-cap (freezing temperatures all year)
Highland (temperatures vary widely with latitude, elevation and direction of exposed areas
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6. B:The Dry Zone: Sub-climates
Desert (< 10 inches of rain per year with hot days.  Large temperature fluctuations between day and night).
Semiarid (slightly more than 10 inches/year)
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7. A:The Humid-Tropical Zone: Sub-climates
Tropical wet (hot & rainy throughout the year)
Tropical wet & dry (hot with wet & dry seasons)
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8. C:Moist-mid latitude: Sub-climates
Humid subtropical (hot humid summers and mild winters)
Marine west coast (mild and rainy all year)
Mediterranean (hot & dry summers and mild winters)
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9. D: Moist-mid latitude: Sub-climates
Humid continental (warm summers and cold snowy winters)
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10. POLAR
60°N
60°N
TEMPERATE
30°N
30°N
TROPICAL
30°S
30°S
TEMPERATE
60°S
60°S
POLAR

11. Summary Watch Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24jlwpSwox0
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