1. CLIMATE

2. Every location on earth has characteristics that distinguish it from all other places. Climate is an essential part of a place's physical characteristics; it can influence many of the rest of a place's traits, such as its vegetation, wildlife, cultural landscapes and lifestyles.

3. CLIMOGRAPHS One of the best and easiest ways to describe the climate is to use a climograph. Although a climograph does not provide complete climate information, it does portray two of the most important elements of climate -- precipitation and temperature.

4. What is the difference between weather and climate? weather- day to day atmospheric conditions (precipitation and temperature) in a particular place for a short period of time. climate- average of precipitation and temperature patterns over a long period of time

5. Vocabulary Precipitation - moisture in form of rain, snow, or sleet. Temperature - measure of heat and cold. Climograph - a chart that shows a place's yearly climate patterns.

6. USE THIS CLIMO- GRAPH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES!

7. What do the numbers on the left represent? Answer: The numbers on the right? Answer: What do the bars represent? Answer: What do the dots represent? Answer: Questions about this climograph

8. What is the warmest month? Answer: What is the coldest month? Answer: The driest month? Answer: Questions about this climograph

9. USE THIS CLIMO- GRAPH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES!

10. Questions about the Climograph What two months in Boston average below freezing temperatures? Answer: In which months might the precipitation come in the form of snow? Answer: What is the warmest month in Boston? Answer:

11. Questions about the Climograph What’s the difference in degrees between the coldest and warmest months? Answer: Would you expect to find a seasonal change of clothing? Answer: What might you be wearing in Boston in December? Answer:

12. USE THIS CLIMO- GRAPH FOR THE NEXT SLIDE!

13. What country does this climograph represent? Answer: What’s the wettest month? Answer: What’s the driest month? Answer:

15. ?’s about the Weather Fatalities Graph Which causes the most of amount of deaths? Answer: Which causes the least amount of deaths? Answer: How many people died from lightning over a 30 year period? Answer:

16. ?’s about the Weather Fatalities Graph What are those numbers on the left side? Answer: Are more people dying of lightning the past 10 years or the past the 30 years on average? Answer: Why do you think that is? Answer:

17. This is an example of solstice or equinox? What seasons does it start? Answer:

18. Answer: This is an example of solstice or equinox? What season does it start?

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