Bell Work: Use page 203 in your textbook. Draw, label, and define the three vertical

climate regions.

Reminders:1.Maps due Friday with a quiz (50

points map/50 points quiz)2.Current Event (academic) Culture

project (Pre-AP) due Friday on google drive.

3.Bell Work taken up on Friday.

Glue grade

sheet on

your grade

sheet page!

Climates of Latin America

What are the main two climate regions in Latin America?

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How does Latin America’s latitude affect their climate?__________________________________________________

The Rainforest Dense vegetation The canopy

(continuous layer of leaves) can reach 130 ft.

Sunlight seldom reaches the floor.

The Rainforest Earth’s largest

rainforest, 1/3 of South America.

Contains the most species of plants and animals than anywhere else on earth.

Tropical Savanna Hot

temperatures and abundant rainfall.

Extended dry season

Grasslands such as the llanos

Humid Subtropical Short mild

winters Long, hot,

humid summers

Pampas = short grasses

Desert Atacama Desert (Chile) –

Created by the rainshadow effect of the Andes Mountains.

No rainfall has ever been recorded in some places.

Steppe Hot summers,

cool winters, light rainfall.

Grassy or lightly forested.

El Nino Watch the video and answer the

questions.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/environment-natural-disasters/landslides-and-more/el-nino/

The Amazon Rainforest http://

www.bbc.co.uk/nature/habitats/Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests#p0039zg5

Video 1 – Amazon Rainforest (Andes to Amazon)

Video 2 – Rainforest Destruction (The Living Planet)

Vertical Climate Zones