CLIMATE
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Every location on earth has characteristics
that distinguish it from all other places.
Climate is an essential part of a place's
physical characteristics; it can influence
many of the rest of a place's traits, such as
its vegetation, wildlife, cultural landscapes
and lifestyles.
CLIMOGRAPHS
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One of the best and easiest ways to
describe the climate is to use a climograph.
Although a climograph does not provide
complete climate information, it does
portray two of the most important elements
of climate -- precipitation and temperature.
What is the difference between
weather and climate?
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weather- day to day atmospheric conditions
(precipitation and temperature) in a particular
place for a short period of time.
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climate- average of precipitation and
temperature patterns over a long period of
time
Vocabulary
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Precipitation - moisture in form of rain,
snow, or sleet.
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Temperature - measure of heat and cold.
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Climograph - a chart that shows a place's
yearly climate patterns.
USE
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CLIMOGRAPH
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Questions about this climograph
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What do the numbers on the
left represent?
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The numbers on the right?
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What do the bars represent?
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What do the dots represent?
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Questions about this climograph
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What is the warmest
month?
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What is the coldest
month?
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The driest month?
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CLIMOGRAPH
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COUPLE
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Questions about the Climograph
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What two months in Boston
average below freezing
temperatures?
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In which months might the
precipitation come in the form
of snow?
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What is the warmest month in
Boston?
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Questions about the Climograph
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What’s the difference in
degrees between the coldest
and warmest months?
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Would you expect to find a
seasonal change of clothing?
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What might you be wearing in
Boston in December?
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What country does this climograph represent?
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What’s the wettest month?
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What’s the driest month?
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?’s about the Weather Fatalities Graph
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Which causes the most of amount of deaths?
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Which causes the least amount of deaths?
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How many people died from lightning over a 30
year period?
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?’s about the Weather Fatalities Graph
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What are those numbers on the left side?
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Are more people dying of lightning the past 10
years or the past the 30 years on average?
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Why do you think that is?
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This is an example of solstice Answer:
or equinox?
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What seasons does it start?
This is an example of solstice Answer:
or equinox?
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What season does it start?
This is an example of solstice Answer:
or equinox?
Answer:
What season does it start?