Les 3 - §3.1 Climate graphs

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Planning

• We are going to talk about climate graphs
• Worksheet climate graphs

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 temperature never goes above 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

Climate

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

• It consists of temperature
• And precipitation
• It is depicted like this ->

Climategraph

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

Which climate is this?

Look at:

• Precipitation (neerslag)
• Average temperature
• Maximum temperature
• Do you see a dry season?

Which climate is this?

1. Tundra
2. Tropical rainforest
3. Temperate sea climate
4. Continental climate

Climates

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 temperature never goes above 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

Which climate is this?

Look at:

• Precipitation (neerslag)
• Average temperature
• Maximum temperature
• Do you see a dry season?

Climates

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 temperature never goes above 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

Which climate is this?
- max 10 degrees
- little precipitation

1. Steppe
2. Desert
3. Tundra
4. Polar

Tundra

• Tundra climate (Toendra): In this climate the temperature does not get above 10 degrees.
•  Precipitation (neerslag) is not relevant

Is this graph from the Northern or Southern hemisphere

1. Northern
2. Southern

Northern hemisphere

• The summer is in June/Juli, just like ours
• So this is the northern hemisphere

Which climate is this?

Look at:

• Precipitation (neerslag)
• Average temperature
• Maximum temperature
• Do you see a dry season?

Climates

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 temperature never goes above 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

Which climate is this?

1. Tundra
2. Polar
3. Alpine
4. Continental

Get to work

• Worksheet climate graphs
• It is in Som with your homework
• You can work on it next lesson as well

Climates

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 temperature never goes above 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