4 - Climate graphs

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to geography!

Bilingual Education year 2

Mister De Graaf

Boss of Geography

Learning objectives

At the end of this chapter, you will be able to

• Explain the difference between weather and climate

• Describe the water cycle step by step

• Describe how three different types of rainfall are formed

• Describe and identify the different climate zones

• Connect climate graphs to climate zones and places

• Explain climate differences between places

This lesson

Dive deep into the different climates

Make some notes

Connect climates to climate graphs

!NEW! -  Learning objective - !EPIC! !MUST LEARN! - WOW!

Connect climate graphs to climate zones and places

We'll watch the BBC weather forecast of today. 

Which different elements of weather do you recognize? 

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In the weather forecast you've recognised the four charecteristics or elements of weather:

• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Wind (speed and direction)
• Cloud cover 

With these four elements you can express the difference in weather between places.

Reflection

Can you name the five different climate zones?

5 main climate regions

1. Equatorial climates​ (or tropical climates)​
2.  Arid climates​ (or dry climates)​
3.  Maritime climates​ (or sea climates)​
4.  Continental climates​ (or land climates)​
5.  Polar climates​ (incl. mountain climates)​

Exercise

For each of the three types of rainfall, explain step by step how the rainfall is caused

 

Can you explain it to someone who has never heard about this before? (like a younger brother or sister, or your cat or dog)

*Wow*

Tropical Rainforest

Warm all year round (25-30 degrees)

Extremely high rainfall

No different seasons

Around the equator

Savannah

Tropical climate with a dry period

Steppe

Arid climate

Precipitation 250-450 mm per year

Desert

Arid climate

Precipitation 0-250 mm per year

Temperate Sea Climate

Sea climate

Cool summers (below 20), soft winters (above 0)

Rainfall throughout the year

Mediterranean climate

Sea climate

Warm, dry summers

Soft, wet winters

Land climate / continental climat

Big difference between summer and winter temperature

Tundra climate

Summer: 0 - 10 degrees

Winter: below 0

Polar climate

Temperature always below 0

!NEW! - Learning objective - !EPIC! !MUST LEARN! - WOW!

Connect climate graphs to

climate zones and places

Climate graph

Can you tell me how to

read a graph like this?

What does the red line mean?

What do the blue bars mean?

Climate graph

The red line shows the

average temperature per

month (in ºC)

The blue bars show the

average amount of

precipitation (in mm per month)

 

Let's practice!

Use page 240 - 244 in Atlas

Use your iPad to look up cities

Connect the cities to the graphs

Don't be shy to raise your hand

if you need any help!