
Tropical Climates Objectives To understand how and why climate varies within the Tropics
Describe and explain the distribution of Tropical climates Now locate the following places on your map; Kano Belem Chittagong Dodoma
Tropical Climates - Activities • Draw the climate graphs (please use the same axis units), print them small and add them to your map. • What similarities and differences are there?
Reasons for climatic variation within the Tropics • Look at page 54 to 60 • Identify from your graphs a place of; • Equatorial climate • Tropical wet and dry climate • Tropical monsoon climate • http://daphne.palomar.edu/pdeen/Animations/23_WeatherPat.swf - whilst watching the animation – what happens to pressure and precipitation as the ICTZ shifts? • Using information from the text book explain the patterns of rainfall on all 4 of our graphs
http://www.newmediastudio.org/DataDiscovery/Hurr_ED_Center/Stages_of_Hurricane_Dev/ITCZ/ITCZ.htmlhttp://www.newmediastudio.org/DataDiscovery/Hurr_ED_Center/Stages_of_Hurricane_Dev/ITCZ/ITCZ.html
Review • Quizlet - http://quizlet.com/_mhet