1. World Geography
SOL 2 - Climate

2. Climate Conditions over a long period of time for a particular region
Includes:
Temperature
Precipitation
Seasons (hot/cold, wet/dry)

3. Factors that effect climate
Latitude
Elevation
Winds
Ocean currents
Landforms – Rain shadow effect

4. World Climate Regions Low latitudes
(e.g., tropical wet, tropical wet and dry, arid, semiarid, highland)
Between 30° N and 30° S
Usually Warm climate

5. World Climate Region Middle Latitudes
(e.g., semiarid, arid, Mediterranean [dry summer subtropical], humid continental, marine west coast, highland)
Usually temperate climate (hot and cold seasons)
Between 30 and 60 N° and S°

6. World Climate Regions High latitudes (e.g., subarctic, tundra, icecap)
Usually always cold
Between 60° and 75° N and S

7. World Climate Regions

8. Vegetation Regions • Rain forest • Savanna • Desert • Steppe
• Middle latitude forests
• Taiga
• Tundra
Which latitude zone do you think each vegetation region is located?

9. Weather Phenomena • Monsoons: South and Southeast Asia
- Rainy and dry seasons
• Typhoons: Pacific Ocean
- Just like a hurricane but in the Pacific
• Hurricanes: Atlantic Ocean
• Tornadoes: United States

11. Climate Affects….
• crops
• clothing
• housing
• natural hazards.

12. Assignment Complete Geo-Themes Atlas Activity
The World – Lesson 3: Rainfall, Growing Seasons, and Climate (turn in when finished)
Complete Terms 1-5 on SOL 2 b,c paper

13. Influence of Technology

14. Agriculture
Fertilizer
Mechanization

15. Energy Use
Fossil Fuels
Nuclear

16. Transportation
Road buildings
Railways

17. Automobile
Parking lots
suburbs

18. Airplanes
Airport Expansion
Noise

19. Environment Impact on Humans
• Settlement patterns
• Housing materials
• Agricultural activity
• Types of recreation
• Transportation patterns

20. Upcoming Map Quiz Latin America Countries and Geographic Features
Map Quiz will be Thursday, March 3, 2011!!

21. Latin America