Transcript Climate Region Gallery Walkx

World Climates
Tropical Wet
• Characteristics
– Always hot
– rains daily
Tropical Wet and Dry
• Characteristics
– Rainy
– warm summers
– dry, cool winters
Semiarid
• Characteristics
– Little precipitation
– mild to cold winters (can snow)
– interior of continents
Desert
• Characteristics
– Less than 10 inches per year of precipitation
Mediterranean
• Characteristics
– Dry, hot summers
– cool, rainy winters…
– usually around Med Sea
Marine West Coast
• Characteristics
– Cloudy
– Damp
– precipitation pretty much year round
Humid Subtropical
• Characteristics
– Long summers- heat and humidity
– prone to hurricanes
– mild to cool winters
Humid Continental
• Characteristics
– Great variety in temperature and precipitation
– all four seasons
Subarctic
• Characteristics
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Huge temperature variations
short, cool summers
very cold winters
taiga forests
Tundra
• Characteristics
– Little precipitation
– permafrost (perm frozen ground)
– cold summer
Ice Cap
• Characteristics
– Permanently freezing temperatures, so cold it rarely snows
– polar desert
Highlands
• Characteristics
– Varies due to all factors
– Cold as elevation increases
Directions
1. With your partner, visit a location.
2. Using your knowledge of LACEMOPS and your climate region
characteristics, decide which climate matches the location.
3. Write the climograph letter and check with teacher.
4. If correct, defend your choice using LACEMOPS.
5. Then go to a new location and repeat.
Let’s try one together!
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La Paz, Bolivia
Elev: 11,975ft
Lat: 17oS Long: 68oW
With your partner, decide which climate region La
Paz would fit in. Be able to defend your belief,
using LACEMOPS.
• LACEMOPS
– Elevation
– Latitude
– Winds
– ocean currents
(dry or wet)
What is the answer???
• Highlands!!!
• Elevation – in the
mountains
• Latitude – in the
tropical zone
• Ocean current cold
Directions
1. With your partner, visit a location.
2. Using your knowledge of LACEMOPS and your climate region
characteristics, decide which climate matches the location.
3. Write the climograph letter and check with teacher.
4. If correct, defend your choice using LACEMOPS.
5. Then go to a new location and repeat.
D
Belem, Brazil
Elev: 42 ft Lat: 01 o 27'
S Long: 48 o 29'W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– warm ocean currents
– winds moving air
masses
C
Mexico City, Mexico
Elev: 7340 ft Lat: 19 o 26'
N Long: 99 o 04'W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– warm ocean currents
– winds moving air
masses
K
Phoenix, Az.
Elev: 1107 ft Lat:
33oN Long: 112oW
• LACEMOPS
– Continentality
– winds moving apart
at horse latitudes
– cold ocean currents
– mountain barriers
H
Cairo, Egypt
Elev: 381 ft Lat:
29 oN Long: 31 oE
• LACEMOPS
– Continentality
– winds moving apart
at horse latitudes
– cold ocean currents
– mountain barriers
E
Athens, Greece
Elev: 351 ft Lat:
37 o N Long: 23 o E
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– ocean currents
– air masses
F
London, England
Elev: 149 ft Lat:
51 oN Long: 00 o
• LACEMOPS
– Warm winds
– cold ocean currents
(storms)
– Continentality
(moderates)
L
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elev: 89 ft Lat: 34 o 33' S Long:
58 o 29'W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– warm ocean
currents meet
high pressure
with heavy cold
air (storms)
J
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Elev: 686 ft Lat:
45 oN Long: 93 oW
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude,
– continentality (farther
away from water)
– air masses chilled by
Arctic ice and snow
collide with tropical air
masses (storms, tornadoes)
B
Arkhangelsk, Russia
Elev: 13 ft Lat: 65° N,
Long: 41° W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– polar winds and cold
air masses
– Continentality,
(extreme coldness b/c
no water to moderate)
A
Barrow, Alaska
Elev: 10 ft
Lat: 71° N, Long: 157° W
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– polar air masses
– cold ocean currents
(dry, little
precipitation)
I
Scott Base, Antarctica
Elev: 52 ft Lat: 77 oS Long:
166 oE
• LACEMOPS
– Latitude
– polar air masses
– cold ocean currents
(dry, little
precipitation)
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La Paz, Bolivia
Elev: 11,975ft
Lat: 17oS Long: 68oW
• LACEMOPS
– Elevation
– Latitude
– Winds
– ocean currents
(dry or wet)
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