Tropical Climates
After reading pages 58 in Introduction to Geography, summarize the information in the
following blanks.
Overview
Geographic Location(s)
Humid tropical is on and near the equator.
Tropical Savanna is higher latitude in tropics.
Characteristics
Tropical Climates
Humid
Warm with high amounts of rain year-round; in a few places, monsoon create extreme wet
seasons.
Savanna
Warm all year; distinct rainy and dry seasons; at least 20 inches of rain during summer.
Summary Chart
Climate Region
Geo. Location
Humid tropical
On and near
the equator.
Climate Region
Tropical savanna
Geo. Location
Average Temp.
80°F or
(26°C)
Average Temp.
Higher latitude 90° F or
in the tropics. ( 32° C)
Average Precip.
High amount
of rain a year.
Plant Life
Tropical rain
forest.
Average Precip.
Plant Life
Warm all year
distinct rainy
and warm all
year.
Tall grasses
and scattered
trees.
Dry Climates
After reading pages 59 in Introduction to Geography, summarize the information in the
following blanks.
Overview
Geographic Location(s)
Deserts mainly center on 30° latitude; also in middle contents on west coasts or in rain shadows.
Steppe is mainly bordering desert and interiors of large contents.
Dry Climates
Desert
Sunny and dry less than 10 inches (25cm) of rain a year; hot in the tropics; cooler with wide day
time temperature ranger in middle latitudes.
Steppe
About 10-20 inches (25-50) of precipitation a year; hot summers and cooler winter with wide
temperature ranger during the day.
Summary Chart
a
Climate Region
Desert
Climate Region
Steppe
Geo. Location
Mainly
Centered 30°
Latitude.
Geo. Location
Mainly
bordering
deserts and
interiors of
large
continents
Average Temp.
Top 130° F
(54°C)
Average Temp.
Average Precip.
Sunny and
Dry.
Plant Life
A few hardly
Plants such
as cacti.
Average Precip.
Plant Life
Hot summers
cooling winter
Shortest
Grasses; some
trees and
shrubs by
water.
Temperate Climates
After reading pages 59-60 in Introduction to Geography, summarize the information in the
following blanks.
Overview
Geographic Location(s)
Mediterranean in west coasts in middle latitude.
Humid sub-Tropical in east coasts in middle latitude.
Marine West Coast is in the upper middle latitude.
Humid Continental is in east coasts and interiors of upper-middle latitudes.
Temperate Climates
Mediterranean
Dry, sunny, warm summers and mild wetter winters rain average 15-20 inches a year.
Humid Sub-Tropical
Humid with hot summers and mild winters; rain year-round, in paths of hurricanes and typhoons.
Marine West Coast
Cloudy, mild summers and cool, rainy winters; strong ocean influence.
Humid Continental
Four distinct seasons; long, cold, winters and short, warm summers; average precipitation
varies.
Summary Chart
Climate Region
Mediterranean
Climate Region
Humid
Sub-tropical
Climate Region
marine west
coast
Climate Region
Humid
Continental
Geo. Location
Average Temp.
West coasts in About 49° F
middle
Till 74° F
latitudes
Geo. Location
Average Temp.
West coasts
In middle
latitude
Geo. Location
East coasts
and interiors
of uppermiddle
latitudes.
Plant Life
Average Precip.
Plant Life
Hot summer
Mixed
mild winters.
Forest.
rain a year
round in part of
hurricanes.
Average Temp.
West coast
in the upper
middle
latitude.
Geo. Location
Average Precip.
Dry, sunny
Scrub wood
Warm
Land and
Summers mild, Grass land.
wetter
winters.
Average Precip.
Cloudy, mild
summers and
cool raining
winters.
Average Temp.
Average Precip.
Long cold
Winter and
Short warm
Summer.
Plant Life
Evergreen
Forests
Plant Life
Mixed
forests.
Polar Climates
After reading pages 61 in Introduction to Geography, summarize the information in the
following blanks.
Overview
Geographic Location(s)
Subarctic is in higher latitudes of the interior and east coasts of contents. The tundra is in coasts
In high latitude. Ice cap is in Polar Regions.
Polar Climates
Subarctic
Extremes of temperature; long, cold winters and short, warm summers; little precipitation.
Tundra
Cold all year; very long cold winters and very short cool summers; little precipitation; permafrost.
Ice Cap
Freezing cold; snow and ice; little precipitation.
Summary Chart
Climate Region
subarctic
Climate Region
Tundra
Climate Region
Ice cap
Geo. Location
Average Temp.
Is in higher
latitude of the
interior and
east coasts
of continents.
Temp stay
below freezing
for a half a
year.
Geo. Location
Is in coasts
in high
latitude.
Geo. Location
Is in polar
regions.
Average Temp.
Temp rise
above freezing
only during
the short
summer.
Average Temp.
-120 ° F
( -84°C)
Average Precip.
Long cold
Winters and
short warm
Summer.
Average Precip.
Plant Life
Northern
green
forests.
Plant Life
Very long, cold Moss, lichens,
Winters and
Low shrubs.
very short cool
summers.
Average Precip.
Plant Life
Freezing cold; No vegetation.
snow and
ice.
Highland Climates
After reading pages 61 in Introduction to Geography, summarize the information in the
following blanks.
Overview
Geographic Location(s)
High mountain regions.
Highland Climates
Wild range of temperatures and precipitation amounts, depending on elevation and location.
Summary Chart
Climate Region
Highland
Climate
Geo. Location
High mountain
Regions.
Average Temp.
Average Precip.
Plant Life
Wide range of Ranges form
temperatures Forest to
and
tundra.
precipitation
amounts,
depending on
elevation and
location.