Reading a Climate Graph

Reading a Climate Graph

How can scientists describe an areas's climate?

Review - Climate

• Climate describes weather patterns over a long period of time.

• Climate includes temperature and precipitation.

• Climate describes how things usually are.

Multiple Choice

How hot or cold something is

• Precipitation

• Temperature

• Climate

Multiple Choice

Water falling from the sky

• Precipitation

• Temperature

• Climate

Multiple Choice

Weather patterns over a long period of time.

• Precipitation

• Temperature

• Climate

Multiple Select

Which three will the CLIMATE help you decide?

• What animals can survive here?

• Can people ski in the winter here?

• Should I wear sunglasses?

• What crops will grow here?

• Will there be laps at lunch today?

Review - Observations

• We have been describing the climate with adjectives like "Hot" or "Wet."

• These are qualitative observations.

• Scientists will describe the climate with numbers.

• They make quantitative observations.

• Scientists describe temperature using degrees Celsius.

• They describe precipitation using millimeters of rain.

Dropdown

Scientists make ​

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observations, which use ​

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.

Most people make ​

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observations, which use ​

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.

Multiple Choice

The most important reason scientists use Quantitative observations is ___.

• It helps them make predictions.

• It makes them sound smarter.

• The government says they have to.

Categorize

Options (10)

Use adjectives

Use numbers

Made by scientists

Made by most people

The temperature is 85 degrees Celsius.

The temperature s hot.

4 mm of rain fell this month.

It was dry this month.

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Sort the observations.

Quantitative

Qualitative

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Climate Graphs

• The Title names the location.

• The horizontal axis tells us the time.

  • This graph uses months.

• The vertical axis tells us what is being measured.

  • Precipitation in millimeters of rain is on the left vertical axis.

  • Temperature in degrees Celsius is on the right vertical axis.

• The key tells us what each line means.

Labeling

Label the Parts of the Graph.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Left Vertical Axis

Horizontal Axis

Key

Title

Right Vertical Axis

Labeling

Label the Meaning of the Graph.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Temperature

Location

Months

Precipitation

Match

Match the following

• Title

• Key

• Horizontal Axis

• Vertical Axis

Location

What each line means

Time

What is being measured

• Location

• What each line means

• Time

• What is being measured

Maximum and Minimum

• Maximum means the highest point on the graph.

• We could also say most, greatest, or biggest.

• Minimum means the lowest point on the graph.

• We could also say least, fewest, or smallest.

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The ​

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is the highest point, and the ​

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is the lowest point.

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The ​ maximum is the ​

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point, and the ​minimum is the ​

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point.

Categorize

Options (10)

Highest Point

Lowest Point

Most

Least

Greatest

Fewest

Biggest

Smallest

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Sort these words.

Maximum

Minimum

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Multiple Choice

The maximum temperature happens in ___.

• January

• April

• July

• November

Multiple Choice

The maximum temperature is ___.

• • - 30

• • - 8

• 15

• 20

Multiple Choice

The minimum temperature happens in ___.

• January

• April

• July

• November

Multiple Choice

The minimum temperature is ___.

• • - 30

• • - 8

• 15

• 20

Dropdown

The maximum temperature is ​ ​

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, which happens in ​

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.

The minimum temperature is ​

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​, which happens in ​

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.

Open Ended

"The maximum temperature is ___, which happens in ___.

The minimum temperature is ___, which happens in ___."

Trends

• A trend is a change over time.

• An increasing trend shows the numbers going up.

• A decreasing trend shows the numbers going down.

• A constant trend shows no change.

Multiple Choice

A change over time is called a ___.

• maximum

• minimum

• trend

Match

Match the trend to its graph.

Increasing

Decreasing

Constant

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• Constant

Match

Match the trend to its graph.

Increasing

Decreasing

Constant

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• Constant

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the temperature trends?

• First increasing,

  then decreasing

• First decreasing,

  then increasing

• Constant

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the temperature trends?

• First increasing,

  then decreasing

• First decreasing,

  then increasing

• Constant

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the temperature trends?

• First increasing,

  then decreasing

• First decreasing,

  then increasing

• Constant

Dropdown

The temperature has a ​

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trend from March to July,

and a ​

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trend from August to November.

Dropdown

The temperature has a ​

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trend from March to July,

and a ​

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trend from August to November.

Open Ended

"This graph shows the climate of ___.

The maximum temperature is ___, which happens in ___.

The minimum temperature is ___, which happens in ___.

The temperature trend is ___ from January to July, but ___ from August to December."