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Weather and Climate

Weather and Climate. Essential Question- How does climate and weather affect the way people live? Weather – What its like outside right now (hot/cold, snow/rain, clear/cloudy) Climate – Typical weather in an area over a period of time.

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Weather and Climate

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  1. Weather and Climate • Essential Question- How does climate and weather affect the way people live? • Weather – What its like outside right now (hot/cold, snow/rain, clear/cloudy) • Climate – Typical weather in an area over a period of time

  2. TROPICAL RAIN FOREST CLIMATEHOT, WET AND HUMID ALL YEAR ROUND, RAINS DAILY.DIRECT SUN KEEPS THE TEMPERATURES HIGH. FOUND IN THE EQUATOR REGION.

  3. TROPICAL SAVANNA CLIMATEDRY WINTERS, WET SUMMERS, LOCATED IN THE TROPICS JUST BEYOND THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE WHICH IS ALWAYS HIGH.

  4. DESERT CLIMATEHOT DAYS, COOL TO COLD NIGHTS, THERE IS LITTLE TO NO RAIN IN THIS CLIMATE, THEREFORE IT IS VERY DRY. DESERTS COVER ABOUT 1/5 OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE.

  5. STEPPE CLIMATEDRY AREAS THAT BORDER DESERTS. THESE AREAS HAVE VERY LITTLE RAINFALL ONLY ABOUT 10 TO 20 INCHES PER YEAR.

  6. MARINE WEST COAST CLIMATECOOL SUMMERS, WITH MILD WINTERS, HEAVY RAINS IN THE WINTER

  7. MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATEMILD RAINY WINTERS WITH HOT DRY SUMMERS.

  8. HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATERAIN FALLS ALL YEAR WITH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SUMMER. WINTERS ARE SHORTER AND MILD SUMMERS ARE HOT AND HUMID

  9. HUMID CONTINENTAL CLIMATECOLD SNOWY WINTERS, COOL TO WARM SUMMERS WITH SOME RAIN EVERY MONTH.

  10. SUBARCTIC CLIMATELONG VERY COLD WINTERS WITH SHORT COOL SUMMERS.

  11. TUNDRA CLIMATELONG BITTERY COLD WINTERS WITH VERY SHORT COOL SUMMERS. SUMMERS GET CONSTANT LIGHT BUT LITTLE HEAT FROM THE SUN.

  12. POLAR ICE CAP CLIMATEALWAYS COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE. BITTERLY COLD ALL YEAR AROUND WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION.

  13. HIGHLAND CLIMATEMOUNTAIN AREAS WHERE THE HIGHER IN ALTITUDE THE COOLER THE AIR TEMPERATURE 19,800 ft 9°F Snow cap 16,500 ft 21°F 13,200 ft 34°F Tundra 9,900 ft 49°F *Quito Cold Zone 6,600 ft 57°F TemperateZone 3,300 ft 70°F 1,000 ft 77°F Hot Zone 81°F Sea Level *Guayaquil

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