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Warm climates

What are we going to do today?

• Recap theory weather/climate/latitudes
  
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Which characteristic doesn't belong to the term 'weather'?

1. Temperature
2. Big area
3. Precipitation
4. Local

What is climate? Or: what are the characteristics of climate?

Climate

is the average weather for a long period (30 years) in a big area

Latitudes

Important terms:

- Equator

- Northern hemisphere

- Southern hemisphere

- Tropic of Cancer

- Tropic of Capricorn

Paper assignment

1. Have a look at the sheet you'll get from me

2. Match the words to the correct image with your neighbour

Warm climates

Climate zones

We can divide the earth in different climate zones. There are two general (algemene) zones:

- warm climates (in low latitudes)

- cold climates (in high latitudes)

What is the correct answer? The closer to the equator the...

Colder the climates are

Warmer the climates are

Tropical rainforest