a look into climate types
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A LOOK INTO CLIMATE TYPES
THE BIG THREE
CLIMATE IS….
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
LONGER LASTING THAN WEATHER
EFFECTS
SEASONAL
TYPICAL OF A REGION OF THE
WORLD
COMPARE AND CONTRAST AND ANALYZE THE NEXT
SERIES OF PHOTOS OF VARIOUS HOMES.
HOW DO THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATE TO THE
TYPES OF CLIMATES WHERE THESE PEOPLE LIVE?
WIGWAM
WHAT IS THIS HOME COMPOSED OF?
WHY WERE THESE MATERIALS
CHOSEN?
WHY IS THE HOME DESIGNED THIS
WAY?
TEEPEE
WHAT IS THIS HOME COMPOSED OF?
WHY WERE THESE MATERIALS
CHOSEN?
WHY IS THE HOME DESIGNED THIS
WAY?
PUEBLO
COMPOSITION
WHY MATERIALS?
WHY DESIGN?
CHICKEE
COMPOSITION
WHY MATERIALS?
WHY DESIGN?
IGLOO
COMPOSITION
WHY MATERIALS?
WHY DESIGN?
CLIMATE TYPESTHE BIG THREE
TROPICAL EQUILATERAL
LOCATION: 10 N – 10 S LATITUDE
HIGH MEAN TEMPERATURE (27), +-
2
HIGH HUMIDITY (+80%)
RAINFALL: 1.5 – 3 LITERS/ YEAR
TROPICAL MONSOON
LOCATION: 10 - 25 N + S
MEAN TEMPERATURE (26), +- 6
WET, DRY SEASONS
RAINFALL: 1.5 – 3 LITERS/ YEAR,
HIGHLY VARIOUS
COOL TEMPERATE
25 – 70 N + S
MEAN TEMPERATURE: 15 – 30
WIDE RANGE OF BOTH
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
TROPICAL EQUILATERALON AND AROUND THE EQUATOR
TE ZONES EXPERIENCE HIGH HUMIDITY (+80%)
• HUMIDITY IS THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE OR WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR. IT
WORKS LIKE THIS…
• 1. HEAT CAUSES GROUND WATER TO EVAPORATE AND RISE INTO THE AIR
• 2. WHEN HUMIDITY REACHES SATURATION, PRECIPITATION OCCURS
• 3. AFTER, WATER RETURNS TO GROUND LEVEL, EVAPORATION AGAIN, CYCLE
REPEATS
ACTIVITY 10-15 MINS.
• ILLUSTRATE A DIAGRAM OF HOW EVAPORATION TURNS TO PRECIPITATION AT
THE SEASHORE
• ILLUSTRATE A DIAGRAM OF HOW EVAPORATION TURNS TO PRECIPITATION
AWAY FROM THE OCEAN
• WHAT ONE ASPECT IS DIFFERENT IN EACH DIAGRAM?
• * ANSWER ON FOLLOWING SLIDE
ON OR NEAR THE SEASHORE, HEAT EVAPORATES THE OCEAN
AWAY FROM THE SEASHORE, HEAT EVAPORATES OTHER BODIES OF WATER,
I.E. LAKES, RIVERS, SWAMPS, ETC.
TM ZONES EXPERIENCE TWO “SEASONS”
• ANNUAL TEMPERATURE FLUXIATES AROUND 6 DEGREES.
• EVEN MORE FLUXIATION FROM MONTH TO MONTH
• MONTHLY RAINFALL: 0 – 1 LITER, ANNUAL RAINFALL: 1.5 – 3 LITERS
• DRY AND WET SEASONS
GLOBAL WIND PATTERNS
ASIAN WIND PATTERNS: MONSOON WINDSWINTER WINDS ARE DRY; SUMMER WINDS ARE WET
GUANGZHOU’S CLIMOGRAPH
ANALYZE GZS CLIMOGRAPH SHOWN HERE.
HOW DOES THIS GRAPH ILLUSTRATE THE EFFECT OF MONSOON WINDS?
SIDE NOTE:
TROPICAL MONSOON AND TROPICAL EQUATORIAL CLIMATES COMPOSE 36% OF THE SURFACE OF EARTH
THIS AREA IS A LITTLE LARGER THAN THE AREA BETWEEN THE TROPIC OFCAPRICORN AND THE TROPIC OF CANCER
CT ZONES EXPERIENCE FOUR
SEASONSSPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER
EACH REGION VARIES GREATLY
SOME AREAS FEEL CERTAIN SEASONS
MORE THAN OTHERS
BUT ALL REGIONS EXPERIENCE A WIDE
RANGE OF TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION
ANALYZE SITKA, ALASKA AND CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA’S CLIMOGRAPHS
BOTH RECEIVE A MORE CONSISTENT LEVEL OF
PRECIPITATION: RAIN IN CAPETOWN, AND RAIN
AND SNOW IN ALASKA
BOTH ARE COASTAL REGIONS, THEREFORE
EXPERIENCE LESS CHANGE IN TEMP AND PRECIP
DO YOU REMEMBER WHY?
SITKA LIES BETWEEN THE SEASHORE AND A
MOUNTAIN SO IT RECEIVES RELIEF RAIN
DO YOU REMEMBER HOW THAT WORKS?
YOUR BOOK HAS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A NON-COASTAL COOL TEMPERATE ZONE:
VERHOYANSK, RUSSIA
• THIS AREA RECEIVES DRY, BONE-CHILLING WINTERS
• TEMPS CAN REACH -60 C, NOT ENOUGH HEAT FOR EVAPORATION
PRECIPITATION, SO NO SNOW
• IT ONLY RAINS A BIT IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE TEMP ALLOWS FOR
PRECIPITATION
• VERHOYANSK LIES FAR, FAR AWAY FROM THE OCEAN, SO TEMP CHANGES
DRASTICALLY
CT REGIONS THAT EXPERIENCE SNOWFALL HAVE SUMMER AND SPRING TEMPERATURES THAT ADD
NEEDED HUMIDITY
CLIMATE TYPESTHE BIG THREE
TROPICAL EQUILATERAL
LOCATION: 10 N – 10 S LATITUDE
HIGH MEAN TEMPERATURE (27), +-
2
HIGH HUMIDITY (+80%)
RAINFALL: 1.5 – 3 LITERS/ YEAR
TROPICAL MONSOON
LOCATION: 10 - 25 N + S
MEAN TEMPERATURE (26), +- 6
WET, DRY SEASONS
RAINFALL: 1.5 – 3 LITERS/ YEAR,
HIGHLY VARIOUS
COOL TEMPERATE
25 – 70 N + S
MEAN TEMPERATURE: 15 – 30
WIDE RANGE OF BOTH
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION