Transcript climographs
view the power point. -Record all notes and com in your notebook. - If a page doesn’t have a like this, just get the notes Climate Lesson What factors contribute to a region’s climate? Table of Contents Date Title Lesson # 8/28 The 5 A’s 3 8/31 Geographer’s Tools 4 9/1 Internal Forces 5 9/3 External Forces 6 9/8 Climographs 7 1. Draw a line underneath wherever you left off yesterday. 2. Write the title “Climographs” Number in your notebook 18. Major Climate Regions 1. Tropical Wet: Always hot and rainy (Amazon Rainforest) 2. Desert: Less than 10 inches of rain per year (Phoenix, AZ) 3. Semiarid: Receives between 10 and 16 inches of rain per year (West Texas) Major Climate Regions 4. Mediterranean: Dry and hot summers, cool and rainy winters (Los Angeles, CA) 5. Humid Subtropical: Hot and humid summers, mild to cool winters (Houston, TX) 6. Marine West Coast: Warm ocean currents bring mild temperatures and constant rainfall (Seattle, WA). Major Climate Regions 7. Humid Continental: Hot summers, cold winters. Located in the interior, far away from oceans. Four distinct seasons (St. Louis, MO). 8. Tundra: Always cold. Flat, treeless lands around the Arctic Ocean. Very little rain. Land has permafrost. (Greenland) Climographs • Definition Climographs are a graphic representation of the climate in a given area. • 5 Themes of Geography – Place – What is it like there? – You could use a climograph to tell you COPY WHAT IS IN THE BOX COPY WHAT IS IN THE BOX • Climographs include… 1. a line graph measuring average temperature and… 2. a bar graph measuring average rainfall for each month. Hilo, Hawaii – Tropical Wet Temperature Rainfall Las Vegas Climograph - Desert Task complete the questions below in your notebook… 1. How are the climates of Houston and Las Vegas different? 2. How do you know? Houston – Humid Subtropical Task complete the questions below in your notebook… 1. How are the climates of Houston and Las Vegas different? 2. How do you know? Las Vegas - Desert Climograph Help • How to read a climograph 1. Use the key Task Complete the questions below in your notebook… 2. Line graph = temperature 1. How would a farmer use a climograph? 3. Bar graph = precipitation 4. Does what you’re thinking make sense? 5. Check your axises COPY WHAT IS IN THE BOX 2. How would a tourist use a climograph? 3. What is another profession in which people would find a climograph useful? Climograph Assignment - L • You have been hired by the US military to analyze the climate of Baghdad. • Major decisions will be made based on your analysis of the climate of the city. – He wants you to determine when is the best month to launch an attack on the city. • Your commander will present you with the following directions… How to Make a Climate Graph: 1. Plot the data on RAIN (precipitation, shown in inches) as a bar graph by month. 2. Plot the data on TEMP (temperature in degrees Fahrenheit [F]) as a line graph by month. 3. Analyze the two graphs to describe the climates in these two locations? - What are the seasons like? When is it hot? When is it cooler? - When is it wet? When is it dry? - You may wish to use Handout 3 “Describing a Climate Graph” to help.