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Climate Zones

Climate Zones. Made by: Anita Kishore , Clelia Wilson, and Reyan Ibrahim. Warm up. In 3-5 sentences describe what you think is the difference between weather and climate. Objective. Today we are going to be learning about what climate is and the different climate zones.

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Climate Zones

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  1. Climate Zones Made by: Anita Kishore, Clelia Wilson, and Reyan Ibrahim

  2. Warm up • In 3-5 sentences describe what you think is the difference between weather and climate.

  3. Objective • Today we are going to be learning about what climate is and the different climate zones. • Factors that affect climate.

  4. Factors that affect climate? • There are different factors that affect the climate, which are • Latitude • The range of temperature increases and decreases with the distance from the equator. • Why? Because the sun rays are scattered over a larger area of land as we move away from the equator, the curved surface of the earth causes this to happen. • The polar regions are colder due to the fact that sun rays have to travel further

  5. Factors that affect climate cont. • Winds • If the wind is being blown from a hot area, the temperatures will rise, whereas if the wind is being blown from a cold area, the temperatures will decrease. • Altitude • The height causes the temperatures to decrease. • The air is less dense and it cant hold the heat as easily

  6. Factors that affect climate cont. • Distance from the sea (continentally) • Land heats and cools faster than the sea, this is a fact. Because of that the temperature in coastal areas are lower than area inland. The winter is mild and the summer is cool on the coast. In the inland areas, the temperatures are high in the summer and cold in the winter. • Aspect • The warmer areas are the slopes that are facing the sun. the south facing slopes in the northern part of the hemisphere are the warmest, for the most part.

  7. Tropical Zone

  8. Tropical Zone cont. • A tropical Zone is wet and hot all year round • The part of the Earth’s surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

  9. Temperate Zone

  10. Temperate Zone cont. • Temperate zones consist of cold winters and mild summers • This zone is located in most of Europe and America, New Zealand, southern Chile and east Asia. • Fun Fact: This zone accounts for 7 percent of the world’s surface land and 4/10ths of the population

  11. Cold Zone

  12. Cold Climate cont. • The Cold climate zone is very cold, all year round

  13. Polar/Tundra Zone

  14. Polar/Tundra Climate cont. • The polar zone is very cold AND very dry all year round • The winters are long and dark in the polar zone. • In the tundra, the temperature can rise above freezing, but not in the ice cap climate • Fun Fact: The coldest temperatures that are ever recorded on Earth was -88 degrees Celsius, -125 degrees Fahrenheit, in Antarctica.

  15. Dry/Desert Zone

  16. Dry/Desert Climate cont. • The dry/Desert zone is dry AND hot all year round • These climates are formed by high-pressure zones in which the cold air descends. The descending air soon becomes warm, but instead of releasing rain, the heat that is coming from the ground evaporates the water before it has a change to come down as rain. The ground is really hot because the rays of the sun are directed directly overhead. There isn’t much of an atmosphere to protect it from radiant energy.

  17. Activity

  18. Ending Question • Describe the pattern you see of the climate zones heading north of the equator, and south of the equator

  19. Citations Page • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=climate+zone+maps&um=1&safe=active&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=827&tbm=isch&tbnid=svmdBbAEDtuQIM:&imgrefurl=http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm&docid=urVPjf8vMwc4EM&imgurl=http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/climate_map.gif&w=600&h=302&ei=1vGUUZf-Kpei4AOX3ICwCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=916&vpy=141&dur=3200&hovh=159&hovw=317&tx=203&ty=116&page=1&tbnh=87&tbnw=174&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:95 • http://www.metlink.org/pdf/work_schemes/lesson3_pritchard.pdf • http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_climate_page.htm

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