World Geography

SOL 2 - Climate

Climate

• Conditions over a long period of time for a particular region

• Includes:– Temperature– Precipitation– Seasons (hot/cold, wet/dry)

Factors that effect climate

• Latitude

• Elevation

• Winds

• Ocean currents

• Landforms – Rain shadow effect

World Climate Regions

• Low latitudes – (e.g., tropical wet, tropical wet and dry, arid,

semiarid, highland)– Between 30° N and 30° S– Usually Warm climate

World Climate Region

• Middle Latitudes– (e.g., semiarid, arid, Mediterranean [dry

summer subtropical], humid continental, marine west coast, highland)

– Usually temperate climate (hot and cold seasons)

– Between 30 and 60 N° and S°

World Climate Regions

• High latitudes – (e.g., subarctic, tundra, icecap)– Usually always cold – Between 60° and 75° N and S

World Climate Regions

Vegetation Regions

• Rain forest

• Savanna

• Desert

• Steppe

• Middle latitude forests

• Taiga

• Tundra

Which latitude zone do you think each vegetation region is located?

Weather Phenomena

• Monsoons: South and Southeast Asia- Rainy and dry seasons

• Typhoons: Pacific Ocean- Just like a hurricane but in the Pacific

• Hurricanes: Atlantic Ocean

• Tornadoes: United States

Climate Affects….

• crops

• clothing

• housing

• natural hazards.

Assignment

• Complete Geo-Themes Atlas Activity– The World – Lesson 3: Rainfall, Growing

Seasons, and Climate (turn in when finished)

– Complete Terms 1-5 on SOL 2 b,c paper

Influence of Technology

Agriculture

• Fertilizer

• Mechanization

Energy Use

• Fossil Fuels

• Nuclear

Transportation

• Road buildings

• Railways

Automobile

• Parking lots

• suburbs

Airplanes

• Airport Expansion

• Noise

Environment Impact on Humans

• Settlement patterns

• Housing materials

• Agricultural activity

• Types of recreation

• Transportation patterns

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