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WEATHER AND CLIMATEREINFORCEMENT

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@ f. Look at the map and answer these questions ¡n your notebook.

a. What does the map show?

b. Which symbols are used? Copy this tableand complete it with the words in the key.

c. Where can you see weather maps?

d. When do you use a weather map?

Symbol Meaning

clear / sunny

!:, -F:, ;,Raln sííí*. stóms

.^t v.i-ModeÉte tuúqh Very¡ough

n¿tflSunny üst Clod

Set Sñooú Suqht

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@ Oit"r"ntiating between weather and climate.

a. Tick (/) the correct definitions.

1. Climate refers to the difference between the seasons in a certain place.

-2. weather refers to the state of the atmosphere in a place at a specific time,3. Climate refers to the state of the atmosphere in a place over a long period of time.

b. Which of these sentences are never correct? Decide and tick (/).1. What bad weather we're having today! _2- The weather in the Canary lslands is very pleasant all year round.

-3. The weather forecast for the weekend is very good.

4. when we went on holiday to the coast the climate was very bad. _5. The climate forecast is excellent.

@ necognising factors which influence climate.

Tick (/) the correct sentences.

a. Precipitation increases with altitude.

b. Temperatures usually increase with altitude.

c. Precipitation decreases near the equator.

d. There is more precipitation in lower areas. _e. Coastal climates are more temperate.

f. Temperatures are lower near the equator.

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CTIMATES

REI N FORCEM ENT AND EXTENSION

@ nnatysing a photograph.

a. Where was this photograph taken? lnvent a title for it.

b. Which climate zone is it in?

¡ hot zone . temperate zone . cold zone

c. What are the Sun's rays like in this area?

o perpendicular ¡ oblique

@ Locating climate zones.

. hot zones

o cold zones

. temperate zones

Look for information on the climate of Spain and prepare a report.

a. ln which climate zone is Spain situated?

b. How many different types of climate are there in Spain?

c. What type of climate is there in the area where you live?

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a. Where are the main climate zones? Draw arrows to connect them.

b. Where do the Sun's rays fall vertically? Circle the correct answer.

o hot zones r temperate zones o cold zones

c. Where do the Sun's rays fall most ind jrectly? Circle the correct answer.

. hot zones . temperate zones . cold zones

r within the polar circles

¡ between the two tropics

o between the tropics and the polar circles

Temperate climates

Cold climates

Hot climates

@ Oirtingrishing ctimates.

Draw arrows to connect the phrases.

a. Temperatures are usually high.

b. There are four seasons.

c. They occur at high altitudes.

@ evaluate the importance of climate change.

Go to the webpage vwwv.tecnun.es/Asignaturasiecoloeia/Hioertextoi 1OCAtm 1/35OCaCli.htm and write a textwhich answers the following questions:

a. What is climate change?

b. How can it affect life on our planet?

c. Do you think enough is being done to avoid climate change?

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3.

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FACTORS WHIGH AFFECT CTIMATE

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f. Areas of low pressure are called anticyclones. _g. Anticyclones produce stable weather. _h. Depressions produce unstable weather. _i, Weather fronts always bring sunny weather. _j. Fronts are characteristic of temperate zones. _

climates. Relief rainfall is characteristic

rainfall takes place at the boundary,

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a. They change daily.

b. They are influenced by the surrounding geography.

c. They always blow in the same direction.

d. They change direction with the seasons.

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@ Loof at the wordsearch and find 15 more words connected with weather and climate.

@ lirt"n to the recording and write True (T) or False (F) after these senten ces. VJ& IThen rewrite the false sentences.

a. Atmospheric pressure affects the weather. _b. lf the air's weight is greater, the pressure is less. _c. ln low areas, pressure is higher. _d. Hot air weighs more than cold air.

-e. Areas of high pressure are called depressions. _

@ neaO about rainfall and complete the text.

There are (a)

and (b) rainfall.

Convectional rainfall is characteristic of (c)

of (d) regions. (e)

or front, between a mass of warm air and a mass of (f)

@ Oiff"r"nt types of winds.

a. Draw arrows and match the winds with their description.

1. prevailing winds

2. periodic winds

3. synoptic winds

4. localwinds

b. Complete the sentence.

An example of a local wind is the

types of rainfall: convectional, orographic (or relief) rainfall

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