Climate and Climate Graphs

Why do Australia and China have opposite seasons?

• They are both in the northern hemisphere

• They are both in the southern hemisphere

• They are in opposite hemispheres

• They are both in the western hemisphere

What is climate?

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

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

• The average weather over many years

• The average temperature over many years.

What climate does a desert have?

• Tropical

• Polar

• Arid/Dry

• Temperate

Based on the Rainshadow Effect, the leeward side of a mountain will be ___________________ and windward side (near the ocean) will be _________.

• wet and dry

• dry and wet

• wet on both sides

• dry on both sides

On a climograph the Line Graph measures?

• Precipitation

• Temperature

Three Characteristics that make up climate

• weather, humidity

• seasons, precipitation, temperature

• wind, latitude, pollution

• nearness to a desert

The seasons are caused by___________?

• The direction the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun

• Tropical Storms

• Changes in the moon

• The Earth's revolution on its axis around the Sun

0 -23.5 Latitude

• High Latitudes Polar

• Mid Latitudes Temperate

• Low Latitudes Tropical

23.5-66 latitude

• High Latitude (polar)

• Mid Latitude (Temperate)

• Low Latitude (Tropics)

66-90 Latitude

• High Latitude (polar)

• Low Latitude (temperate)

• Low Latitude (Tropical)