CLIMATE ZONES

CLIMATE ZONES

OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL

Temperature: Cold in winter, mid in summerRainfall: It rains mostly in Spring and Summer Changes: There can be floods causing by rising sea levels and increased rainfall.

Examples of oceanic climate

Examples of continental climate

Montreal, Canada

Russia

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CLIMATE ZONES

EQUATORIAL/TROPICAL CLIMATE

• Temperatures; 25ºC-30ºC all year
• Rainfall: all year
• Changes: deforestation due to human activity

EXAMPLES OF EQUATORIAL/TROPICAL CLIMATE

Singapur

Congo jungle

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CLIMATE ZONES

POLAR CLIMATE

• Temperatures: -35ºC - 15ºC
• Rainfall: very little
• Changes: melting ice caused global warming

EXAMPLES OF POLAR CLIMATE

North Pole

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CLIMATE ZONES

TROPICAL CLIMATE

• Temperatures: 20ºC-30ºC during all year
• Rainfall: all year, but heaviest in summer
• Changes: bleaching of coral caused by changing ocean temperatures

EXAMPLES OF TROPICAL CLIMATE

Costa Rica

Brasil

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Do you know the difference between weather and climate?

Climate

Weather

It is the conditions of the atmosphere that are present in a particular place at a particular time.

Describes the average weather conditions of a place over a long period of time, usually decades or centuries.

• Sunshine
• Rain
• Clouds
• Snow

WEATHER and CLIMATE

How is the weather in these pictures?

LET'S PLAY!

LET'S PLAY!

• Each group will have an envelope with the words or images

• One person in the group will put a word or image on their forehead

• That person cannot see their word

• The other classmates must define it until the person gets it right.