5 - More climate graphs & climate factors

• 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

Reflection on last lesson

New: Maritime vs Continental

Excercise: More climate graphs

New: Climate factors

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

Explain climate differences between places

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)​

Reflection

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)

 

Reflection

Maritime vs. Continental

The summer temperature is cooled by the sea

The summer temperature is cooled by the sea

The winter temperature is warmed by the sea

Your turn: climate graphs

Match the climate graphs to the corresponding cities using the atlas page 218-222

Done? Try and match the corresponding landscapes:

Choose from:

Tropical rainforest, savannah, ice cap, tundra, steppe, desert

(you may use your iPad for research)

Climate factors

#1 Latitude

Rule #1: How further from the Equator, how colder

(or: the higher the latitude, the colder)

#1 Latitude

#2 Altitude

Rule #2:  how higher, how colder

#2 Altitude

Sunlight doesn’t provide warmth right away (otherwise it would be really warm out in space!)

When the sunlight hits the earth, it’s reflected as warmth

From there the warm air rises and slowly cools

So the higher you go, the colder it gets!

#2 Altitude

Sunlight doesn’t provide warmth right away (otherwise it would be really warm out in space!)

When the sunlight hits the earth, it’s reflected as warmth

From there the warm air rises and slowly cools

So the higher you go, the colder it gets!

#3 Ocean currents

Rule #3: How further away from warm ocean currents, how colder (its winter)

#4 Distance from the coast 

Rule #4: The closer to the coast, the smaller the difference between summer and winter temperature.

The summer temperature is cooled by the sea

The winter temperature is warmed by the sea

Reflection

#5 Prevailing wind direction

Rule #5: Dependent on its direction, wind can carry either warm or cold air and can either carry dry or moist air

Summarised

The following factors influence a place’s climate

(temperature and precipitation that is):

1. Latitude (distance from the Equator)
   
2. Altitude (height)
   
3. Ocean currents
   
4. Distance from the coast
   
5. Prevailing wind direction