Climate Zones

Climate Zones

How does climate change?

Major Climate Zones

Climate is the usual weather conditions in an area over time. The climate of an areas has to do with the kinds of plants and animals that can live there.

Climate Zones

• Earth is divided into three climate zones.

• The climate zones are: Polar Climate, Tropical Climate and Temperate Climate.

Tropical Zone

A tropical climate is hot and rainy. The tropical climate is near the equator. The equator is an imaginary line around Earth.

The picture shows tropical fish. Tropical fish can only survive in hot climates where the water is warm.

Polar Climate

A polar climate has very cold temperatures year round.

Multiple Choice

Were you listening?

How many climate zones do we have?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

Multiple Choice

Were you listening?

A tropical climate zone is very __________.

• windy

• hot

• calm

• silent

The Three Climate Zones