Weather Grade X part 1

What is the weather like today?

Decide how weather affects a farmer's decision-making.

Decide how weather affects a sailor's decision-making.

Decide how weather affects Outdoor event organizers' decision-making.

[B] What is the difference between weather and climate?​

Groups:

(a) Weather

,

(b) Climate

• measured using physical tools

• Long term

• Average Weather over 30 years.

• Local

• More stable

• Global

• Short term

• measured using statistic

• Can change rapidly

• the state of atmosphere at given time

Identify the elements of the weather for each photo!

d

c

b

a

strong winds

Extreme rainfall

lack of precipitation

Snow with cold weather

P108, 3 identifies the elements related to the economy/people/risk.

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

2.Higher risk of flooding

2. 2. Snow sport

3. 3.More suitable for agricultural

Nomadic

Higher live threatened risk

1.Higher population

1. 1. Winter tourism based

P108, 4
Suggest the city/country [top] and the season[below each].

a

b

c

f

g

h

e

d

Monsoon season

In Summer

In winter

The Badlands, USA

in Hurricane season

The French Alps

India

Cuba

P108, 5.
Reorder the global distribution of climate types
(start from the middle to the polar).

• Hot Desert

• Tropical

• Sub Arctic, Tundra

• Equatorial

• Continental, mediterranean

Match where in the world each climate type occurs:

• Perth

• Tundra

• Srilanka

• Mediterranean

• Moscow

• Continental

• Aswan

• Hot Desert

• Antarctica

• Tropical