CLIMATE, CLIMATE ZONES
and CLIMATE INFORMATIONAL ESSAY
See GOOGLE Classroom
(due April 14)
We are studying the factors that may affect Climate.
Click on the image above for the Climate Comparison Project guidelines and research pages. The link to the Notes pages is to the right of this web page under Classroom Notes.
Climate is the average atmospheric and weather conditions of a location over a long period of time. We describe Climate in terms of two descriptions –
temperature and precipitation
The temperatures of a location can be affected by any of four factors, as shown below when we used the Smartboard Maps.
Note the effects of the Prevailing Winds on the levels of precipitation. Global winds that blow across ocean areas bring moisture, such as the Trade Winds blowing into the Caribbean Islands and Southeast Asia. When the Trade Winds blow from south Asia onto northern Africa, they blow across land, bringing very dry winds and little rain into the Sahara Desert area.
The Westerlies blow across the North Atlantic Ocean bringing lots of moisture and rain to Ireland, England and Scotland!
Below is a diagram showing the effects of Mountains on the precipitation pattern of a location.
The side of the mountain facing the wind, the windward side, gets much more rain than the dry leeward side.
Your SMARTBoard lesson looks great, Mr. Ruggiero. Would you be willing to email the lesson to me? Perhaps I can trade you for an upcoming lesson in need?
I’m really glad that your my science teacher Mr. R! I’ll miss having you as a teacher next year. I’ll come visit team 8-2 whenever I can next year. I’ll miss all of you!
Thanks, Kat…it has been a very good year!