1.
On this table, DJF stands for
December, January, and February.
What do you think JJA stands for?
___________________________
Verkhoyansk, a town in
Siberia
Irkutzk, on the shore of
Lake Baikal
Beijing, the capital of
China
Shanghai, a large city in
China
Dhaka, the capital of
Bangladesh
Bangkok, the capital of
Thailand
Singapore, an independent city-state
Darwin, on north coast of Australia
Sydney, on east coast of
Australia
Wellington, a city in
New Zealand
McMurdo, research lab in Antarctica
Whenever you see a table of data,
The first thing you should do is to try to figure out the basic organizing theme (how the places are arranged).
2.
Write an X next to the best
ending for this sentence:
Latitude
67°N
DJF (°F)
-49
JJA (°F)
55
“These places seem to be
arranged…”
___ in alphabetical order
___ from coldest to hottest
52°N -1 61
___ from north to south
39°N 27 77
___ from largest to smallest
31°N
23°N
14°N
1°N
12°S
33°S
41°S
40
67
80
80
83
71
62
80
83
83
81
78
54
48
Next, you should try to make some generalizations about the data. It is much easier to remember a generalization than a bunch of individual facts.
78°S 25 -12

Mark an X on the line next to the three generalizations that are accurate.
___ 3. Close to the equator, temperatures are about the same in both summer and winter
___ 4. The cold season (winter) is June, July and August at places south of the equator.
___ 5. If you go north from the equator in January, temperatures go down more than 100%
____ 6 . If you go south from the equator in summer, temperatures go down a lot.
7. Rewrite the wrong generalization so that it is an accurate statement.
8. Circle the word that makes this sentence true:
When you compare Darwin, on the north coast of Australia, with Sydney, on the southeast coast, you can see that the difference between winter and summer is
LESS MORE at Sydney than at Darwin..
9. Finish this generalization with as many effets as you can observe in the data:
“As you go farther away from the equator, toward the interior of a large continent….
“As you go farther away from the equator, toward the interior of a large continent….
“As you go farther away from the equator, toward the interior of a large continent….
“As you go farther away from the equator, toward the interior of a large continent….
“As you go farther away from the equator, toward the interior of a large continent….