Wednesday Earth Science Lesson

​Climate Zones 21 B p. 510-514

​Read p. 510 Serving God as a Climatologist

Look over his website: https://research.byrd.osu.edu/Icecore/

Essential Question and Objectives

ESSENTIAL QUESTION How do scientists classify climates?

OBJECTIVES Identify six major kinds of climates. Give examples of the different kinds of climates.

​Read 21.4 Classifying Climates p. 511

Multiple Choice

1. What was the primary focus of Wladimir Köppen's original system for classifying climates?

• 1. a) Animals in different regions

• 1. b) Precipitation patterns

• 1. c) Plants

• 1. d) Soil composition

Multiple Choice

1. What change did Kopek realize he needed to make?

• 1. a) Animals in different regions

• 1. b) Precipitation patterns and average temperature

• 1. c) Plants

• 1. d) Soil composition

Multiple Choice

True or False: Areas of the world that are far apart can have similar climates.

• true

• false

​Look over 21.5 Into the Zones p. 512-513
Become familiar with each climate zone

​Choose 1 of the 6 climates zones and create a Google slide or explaining it with pictures. What would life be like there, what kind of animals, plant life ect.

Poll

Which Climate Zone would you like to life in?

• Temperate Continental

• Temperate Marine

• Highlands

• Tropical Rainy

• Dry