Climates Defined

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Climates Defined

• Myers Social 7

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Class Opener

• YOUVE JUST WON THE LOTTERY!
• Write a letter to Bob the Builder of Myers Dream
  Homes Inc.
• Describe what two climate zones you will build
  two new dream homes.
• Be sure to include the necessities - consider the
  climates you will be living in.
• This letter is not a list of things in your house
  (ie 60 inch flat screens) but the things your
  house needs to accommodate the climate

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Description

• With the person next to you
• Describe the summers and winters of each of the
  eleven climates
• Winter Cold and Dry
• Summer Hot and wet

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Find this climate

• Middle Latitude
• Dry Summer - Wet Winter
• Mild Winter - Warm Summer

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6 MediterraneanSan Francisco, CA
Millimeters
Celsius
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Mediterranean

• Average Temp 40-80 F
• Precip Mostly in winter 10-20
• Vegetation Broadleaf vegetation
• Location S. California, Spain, Italy

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Find this climate

• High Latitude
• Extremely dry
• Very Cold Summer - Cold winter

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11 Ice Cap ClimateMcMurdo Station, Antarctica
Millimeters
Celsius
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Ice Cap

• Average Temp lt32
• Record -126.9
• Precip Very little
• Location Antarctica, Greenland, Russia

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Find this climate

• Low Latitude
• Lots of precipitation year round
• Mild temperatures year round

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1 Tropical RainforestIquitos, Peru
Millimeters
Celsius
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Tropical Rainforest

• Average Temp 75-85
• Precip 60-120 per year
• Vegetation Lush Jungle
• Location South America and Asia

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Find this climate

• Middle Latitude
• Moderate Precipitation
• Cool Winters - Warm/Hot Summers

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5 Humid Sub-TropicalMemphis, Tennessee
Millimeters
Celsius
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Humid Sub Tropical

• Average Temp 40-80
• Precip 20-65
• Vegetation - Mixed forests
• Location - Florida, Australia, China

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Find this climate

• Middle Latitude
• Moderate precipitation year round
• Cold winters - Warm-Hot summers

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7 Humid ContinentalChicago, IL
Millimeters
Celsius
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Humid Continental

• Average Temp lt32 up to 80
• Precip 20-40
• Vegetation Mixed Forests
• Location - Minnesota, E. Europe, Japan

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Find this climate

• High Latitude
• Summers have low precipitation
• Very Cold Winters
• This place has -45C

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9 Subarctic ClimateYakutsk, Russia
Millimeters
Celsius
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Subarctic

• Average Temp lt32 - lt71
• Precip 10-20
• Vegetation Needleleaf forests
• Location Russia, Canada, Sweden

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Find this climate

• Middle Latitude
• Wet winters - moderately wet summers
• Cold winter - Cool summer

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8 Marine West CoastVancouver, British Columbia
Millimeters
Celsius
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Marine West Coast

• Average Temp 40-70
• Precip 60-80
• Vegetation Mixed forests
• Location Only western edges of continents -
  Seattle, England, France

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Find this climate

• Low Latitude
• Dry Summer - Most precip. in Winter
• Warm year-round

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3 Tropical SteppeDry Waters, Australia
Millimeters
Celsius
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Tropical Steppe

• Average Temp 75-80
• Precip Unreliable 10-20
• Vegetation - Short grasses, thorny bushes
• Location - Colorado, Pakistan, Australia

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Find this climate

• Low Latitude
• Dry year round
• Hot year round

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2 Tropical DesertTindouf, Algeria
Millimeters
Celsius
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Tropical Desert

• Average Temp 60-110
• Precip - lt10
• Vegetation Scattered plants and cacti
• Location Egypt, New Mexico, Saudi Arabia

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Find this climate

• High Latitude
• Dry year round
• Cold winters, cool summers

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10 Tundra Climate Barrow, Alaska
Millimeters
Celsius
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Tundra

• Average Temp Most months below freezing - may
  get to 50
• Precip Usually lt10
• Vegetation Taiga, mosses
• Location Greenland, Canada

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Find this climate

• Low Latitude
• Dry Winter - Extremely Wet summer
• Warm year round

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4 Tropical MonsoonBanglador, India
Millimeters
Celsius
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Tropical Monsoon

• Average Temp 75-80
• Precip Very little some months, then large
  amounts others
• Vegetation Rainforest and Jungle
• Location Parts of India, SE Asia

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Add this to the back of your packet!
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Highland/Vertical Climate

• Typically 7,000 feet and above
• Altitude is biggest influence on climate
• Precipitation and temperature vary
• Usually cold and dry

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Climate Maps

• Using only your brain (and notes)
• Use the world climate map to theorize and label
  where in the world these 11 climates are located
• Then on the opposite side use Page 13 in the
  atlas to color the accurate climate zones
• The map is hand drawn, use your best estimates
  when labeling areas that appear different