Climate Zones

These are imaginary horizontal lines parallel to the Earth's equator that run from East to West and vice versa.

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

• Direction

These are imaginary lines running north-south around the globe.

• Longitudes

• Latitudes

• Equator

• Direction

An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

• Longitudes

• Latitudes

• Equator

• Direction

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.

• The average weather over many years

• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place

• The average amount of rain over many years.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

• Tropical

• Arid/Dry

• Polar

• Temperate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are the 3 major climate zones IN ORDER from equator to the poles?

• polar, temperate, tropical

• temperate, polar, tropical

• tropical, temperate, polar

• temperate, tropical polar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does precipitation mean?

• How hot or cold a place is

• How much vegetation a place has.

• How wet or dry a place is.

• How many global winds a place has.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does temperature mean?

• How hot or cold a place is

• How much vegetation a place has

• How wet or dry a place is.

• How many global winds a place has.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The climate of a zone depends on the amount of _____________it receives.

• sunlight

• wind

• water

• clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6