Name: _______________________ Period _____
Climate webquest
Use the websites to answer the questions below: https://youtu.be/Y5NcKTFb3ck
Define climate _____________________________________________________________________________
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It is a long-term pattern of… ___________________________________________________________________
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How has climate impacted the human population?
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Color and label the 5 basic climate zones
https://youtu.be/BsOL9Fafo2w (Skip to 1:10) Give a brief description of each area:
A ___________________________________________________________________________
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Tropical Rainforest (skip to 1:10) https://youtu.be/wq0asIXcW7w
3 Facts about the climtate in the tropical rainforest:
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________
Why is the equator so hot? _______________________________________________________
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Explain why thunderclouds are formed at the equator and why it rains so much:
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How much does the temperature change throughout the year in these tropical regions near the
equator? _________________________________________________
Label one of these graphs as an appropritate representation of a rainforest climate, and the other
as a desert climate:
Hot desert climate https://youtu.be/itnYTE-3u-o (skip to 1:10)
Deserts are high in ______________ and low in ___________________
https://youtu.be/itnYTE-3u-o
The hot air over deserts comes from air that is heated at the ___________________ that travels
toward the poles. The hot air holds in any ______________ and generate areas of ________
pressure, keeping out _____________. The air is very __________, producing cloudless,
______________skies, very high _________________ and little to no ______________.
(Skip to 5:50) How does the proximinity to the ocean affect the climate of Mogadishu?
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(Skip to 8:40) Landscape and Vegetation
In the absence of plants, _______________ pulverize rocks creating _________________.
Plants that can survive in the desert have what kinds of adaptations? _______________________
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