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World Geography
SOL 2 - Climate
Climate
• Conditions over a long period of time for a particular region
• Includes:– Temperature– Precipitation– Seasons (hot/cold, wet/dry)
Factors that effect climate
• Latitude
• Elevation
• Winds
• Ocean currents
• Landforms – Rain shadow effect
World Climate Regions
• Low latitudes – (e.g., tropical wet, tropical wet and dry, arid,
semiarid, highland)– Between 30° N and 30° S– Usually Warm climate
World Climate Region
• Middle Latitudes– (e.g., semiarid, arid, Mediterranean [dry
summer subtropical], humid continental, marine west coast, highland)
– Usually temperate climate (hot and cold seasons)
– Between 30 and 60 N° and S°
World Climate Regions
• High latitudes – (e.g., subarctic, tundra, icecap)– Usually always cold – Between 60° and 75° N and S
World Climate Regions
Vegetation Regions
• Rain forest
• Savanna
• Desert
• Steppe
• Middle latitude forests
• Taiga
• Tundra
Which latitude zone do you think each vegetation region is located?
Weather Phenomena
• Monsoons: South and Southeast Asia- Rainy and dry seasons
• Typhoons: Pacific Ocean- Just like a hurricane but in the Pacific
• Hurricanes: Atlantic Ocean
• Tornadoes: United States
Climate Affects….
• crops
• clothing
• housing
• natural hazards.
Assignment
• Complete Geo-Themes Atlas Activity– The World – Lesson 3: Rainfall, Growing
Seasons, and Climate (turn in when finished)
– Complete Terms 1-5 on SOL 2 b,c paper
Influence of Technology
Agriculture
• Fertilizer
• Mechanization
Energy Use
• Fossil Fuels
• Nuclear
Transportation
• Road buildings
• Railways
Automobile
• Parking lots
• suburbs
Airplanes
• Airport Expansion
• Noise
Environment Impact on Humans
• Settlement patterns
• Housing materials
• Agricultural activity
• Types of recreation
• Transportation patterns
Upcoming Map Quiz
• Latin America Countries and Geographic Features
• Map Quiz will be Thursday, March 3, 2011!!
Latin America