World Climates
Name: _______________
*Directions: Use the PowerPoint called “World Climates” on Moodle to complete the chart below (in your own words!!).
You may also refer to page 56 of the textbook called, “Introduction to Geography.”
Climate
Describe: What is this
climate like? Where is it
found?
Example: Name a city,
country, or region with this
climate.
Tropical
Humid-on and near the
equator, warm with high
amounts of rain year-round;
in a few places, monsoons
create extreme wet seasons.
Savanna-Warm all year;
distinct rainy and dry
seasons; at least 20 inches
(50cm) of rain during the
summer.
Brazil
Argentina
(Humid Tropical & Tropical
Savanna)
Image: Find an image from
google (cite your sorces), or
draw an image using
Paintbrush to represent this
climate.
Dry
(Desert & Steppe)
Temperate
(Mediterranean, Humid
Subtropical, Marine West
Coast, Humid Continental)
Desert-Mainly center on 30
latitude; also in middle of
continents, on west coasts, or
in rain shadows. Sunny and
dry; less than 25 cm of rain a
year; hot in the tropics;
cooler with wide daytime
temperature ranges in
middle latitudes
Steppe-Mainly bordering
deserts and interiors of large
continents. About 20-25 cm
of participation a year, hot
summers and cooler winters
with wide temperature
ranges during the day
Med-west coasts in middle
latitudes. Dry, sunny, warm
summers and mild winters;
rain averages 30-50 cm a
year
Humid Sub- East coast in
middle latitudes. Humid hot
summers, mild winters, rain
year-round, I paths of
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Texas
Florida
Virginia
Georgia
hurricanes and typhoons
MWC-west cost in middle
upper latitudes. Cloudy, mild
summers and cool, rainy
winters; strong ocean
influence
Polar
(Subarctic, Tundra, Ice Cap)
Humid Continental-East
coasts and interior of upper
middle latitudes. 4 distinct
seasons; long, cold winters
and short, warm summers;
average participation varies
Subarctic-higher latitudes of
the interior and east coasts
of continents. Extremes of
temperatures ; long cold
winters and short warm
summers little precipitation.
Tundra-Coasts in high
latitudes. Cold all year, very
long cold winters and very
short cool summers
Ice cap-Polar regions.
Antartica
Green land
Freezing cold snow and ice
Highland
High Mountain regions. Wide
range of temperatures and
precipitation amounts
depending on elevation and
location.
1.Marine west coast, humid continental
2. Desert
3. Africa and middle east
4. Ice cap, desert
China
Mexico city