Frozen Kingdoms

Fill in the missing lables on the diagram.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

Antartic Circle

Lines of Longitude

Arctic Circle

Equator

Tropic of Cancer

Lines of Latitude

Tropic of Capricorn

Prime Meridian

Climate is...

• the weather conditions on a particular day.

• the long term pattern of weather conditions in a particular place.

• the amount of rainfall in a particular place.

• the temperature in a particular place.

Match the following

• desert

• warm summers and cool winters year-round precipitation average temperatures 0° to 20°C

• tropical

• cold and dry long, dark winters average temperatures 10°C to -55°C

• mountain

• very little precipitation high daytime temperatures 25° to 40°C low night time temperatures below 0°C

• temperate

• wet season and dry season hot and humid year-round temperatures around 31°C

• polar

• changeable climate colder and rainier as the elevation increases

Is this climate description for the Arctic or Antarctic?

average yearly precipitation less than 500mm • average temperature between -43°C and 13°C dependent on season and location • winter between November and March • summer between April and October

• Arctic

• Antarctic

Read each statement about polar night and day and place in the table to show whether it is true or false.

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• In August, it is polar night in the Northern Hemisphere.

• In July, the North Pole is tilted away from the Sun.

• When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

• At the poles there are 6 months of polar day and night every year

• The term Midnight Sun describes the polar night.

• The tilt of the Earth’s axis is the reason why there is polar night and polar day.

• Polar day and night only occur in the polar regions.

• It will be warmer in the Antarctic in July than in December.

Which natural resources are found in the Arctic?

• Coal and oil

• Solar energy and wind energy

• Wind energy and hydropower

• Oil, natural gas, minerals, freshwater hydropower

What is climate change?

On 21st November 1915, Ernest Shackleton watched his ship, Endurance, sink in Antarctic waters. He wrote in his diary: ‘A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground… I pray God, I can manage to get the whole party to civilisation.’ How did he manage to do this and save his team?

The (a)   was a state-of-the-art liner that was said to be​ (b)   At noon on 10th April 1912, Titanic left​ (c)   to sail to​ (d)   on her ​ (e)   voyage.

• RMS Titanic
• unsinkable
• Southampton
• New York City
• maiden

Despite several messages from other ships warning of (a)   , Titanic continued at full steam. At 11:40pm, on 14th April, Titanic collided with an iceberg and damaged her​ (b)   ​ . ​ (c)   were prepared but there was not enough room for everyone. Three hours after hitting the iceberg, Titanic sank. Only​ (d)   people survived out of​ (e)   onboard.

• icebergs
• hull.
• Lifeboats
• 700
• 2200