Vegetation and climate zones

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Climate

Year 2

Mister de Graaf

Boss of Geography

This lesson

Climate graphs practice

Vegetation zones

Seasons

Practical assignment

Climate graphs practice

Done? Check your answers from

the studiewijzer on Magister

Tropical Rainforest

Warm all year round (25-30 degrees)

Extremely high rainfall

No different seasons

Around the equator

Vegetation: 

Extremely diverse; lots of different trees and plants

Savannah

Tropical climate with a dry period

Vegetation: 

Plains with trees

Steppe

Arid climate

Precipitation 250-450 mm per year

Vegetation: 

Plains with bushes and grass

Desert

Arid climate

Precipitation 0-250 mm per year

Vegetation: 

No vegetation

Temperate Sea Climate

Sea climate

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

Rainfall throughout the year

Vegetation: 

Deciduous trees

Mediterranean climate

Sea climate

Warm, dry summers

Soft, wet winters

Vegetation: 

Evergreen deciduous trees, figs, olives and cork oaks, but also conifers.

Land climate / continental climate

Big difference between summer and winter temperature

Vegetation: 

Conifers

Tundra climate

Summer: 0 - 10 degrees

Winter: below 0

Vegetation: 

Plains with mosses and shrubs

Polar climate

Temperature always below 0

Vegetation: 

No vegetation

Your turn

Write the numbers 1 to 9 in your notebook and behind them which climate you recognize on the following slides.

(All climates occur 1x ;-))

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9. 

Raise hands

If you're certain

about all nine!

Check check check

1. Tropical rainforest

2. Steppe

3. Mediterranean 

4. Temperate sea climate

5. Land / Continental

6. Tundra

7. Savannah

8. Polar

9. Desert

Get to work

Finish the climate graphs practice

Finish the Practical Assignment