Les 2 - §3.1: Climates around the world

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Planning

• Difference between weather and climate
• Different climates
• Time for homework

Key words §3.1

Climate (Klimaat): The average weather measured over a period of thirty years

Weather (Weer): What is happening at a specific time, and a specific place in the atmosphere

Tropical climate (Tropisch): A climate with (on average) temperatures above 18 degrees, and it rains all year

Savannah climate (Savanne): A climate with (on average) temperatures above 18 degrees, and with a wet and a dry season

Steppe climate (Steppe): A climate with high temperatures and little rain. The plants that grow here are mainly grasses.

Desert climate (Woestijn): A climate that is (often) very hot, and always extremely dry

Continental climate (Land): Climate with a major difference in temperature between summer and winter

Tundra climate (Toendra): In this climate the temperature does not get above 10 degrees.

Polar climate (Pool): A climate where the average temperature is generally below zero degrees with lots of snow and ice

Temperate sea climate (Gematigd zee): A climate where the difference in summer and winter is not that big, and it rains throughout the year.

Alpine climate (Hooggebergte): A cold climate that is not cold because of latitude, but because of height

learning objectives

At the end of this lesson:

• You know the difference between weather and climate
• You know which climates there are on low latitude and which are on high latitude
• You can recognize climates from images

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather vs. Climate

Climate (Klimaat): The average weather measured over a period of thirty years

Weather (Weer): What is happening at a specific time, and a specific place in the atmosphere

Statement: "The average temperature in the Netherlands has risen by 2 degrees compared to two decades ago"

1. Weather
2. Climate

Statement: "ahhh, the sun is shining!"

1. Weather
2. Climate

Statement: "It seems like it has been raining for ages..."

1. Weather
2. Climate

Statement: "Summers have become dryer and winters have become wetter"

1. Weather
2. Climate

Climates

Climates at high latitude (breedtegraad)

Climates at low latitude (breedtegraad)

Latitude

Longitude

Low latitude

Low latitude is close to the equator

Tropical climate (Tropisch): A climate with (on average) temperatures above 18 degrees, and it rains all year

Savannah climate (Savanne): A climate with (on average) temperatures above 18 degrees, and with a wet and a dry season

Steppe climate (Steppe): A climate with high temperatures and little rain. The plants that grow here are mainly grasses.

Desert climate (Woestijn): A climate that is (often) very hot, and always extremely dry

Tropical climate

Tropical climate (Tropisch): A climate with (on average) temperatures above 18 degrees, and it rains all year

Savannah climate

Savannah climate (Savanne): A climate with (on average) temperatures above 18 degrees, and with a wet and a dry season

Steppe climate

Steppe climate (Steppe): A climate with high temperatures and little rain. The plants that grow here are mainly grasses.

Desert climate

Desert climate (Woestijn): A climate that is (often) very hot, and always extremely dry

Woestijnklimaat

Savanne klimaat

Steppeklimaat

Tropisch klimaat

High latitude

Continental climate (Land): Climate with a major difference in temperature between summer and winter

Tundra climate (Toendra): In this climate the temperature does not get above 10 degrees.

Polar climate (Pool): A climate where the average temperature is generally below zero degrees with lots of snow and ice

Temperate sea climate (Gematigd zee): A climate where the difference in summer and winter is not that big, and it rains throughout the year.

Temperate sea climate

Temperate sea climate (Gematigd zee): A climate where the difference in summer and winter is not that big, and it rains throughout the year.

Continental climate

Continental climate (Land): Climate with a major difference in temperature between summer and winter

Tundra climate

Tundra climate (Toendra): In this climate the temperature does not get above 10 degrees.

Polar climate

Polar climate (Pool): A climate where the average temperature is generally below zero degrees with lots of snow and ice

Gematigd zeeklimaat

Poolklimaat

Landklimaat

Toendra klimaat

Alpine climate

Alpine climate (Hooggebergte): A cold climate that is not cold because of latitude, but because of height

Homework

Assignment 1, 2, 3, and 5