Weather and Climate (pp. 109 – 114)
Section 4.1
Definitions
climate
microclimate
Tropical zone
Polar zone
Temperate zone
Weather and Climate (pp. 109 – 114)
Section 4.1
Marine climate
Continental climate
Windward
Leeward
monsoon
Weather and Climate (pp. 109 – 114)
Section 4.1
Label the diagram of the earth with NUMBERS that show the latitudes that
separate each climate zone. Then label each zone: polar (2), temperate (2),
and tropical (2). Make sure you also label the equator.
Weather and Climate (pp. 109 – 114)
Section 4.1
What four major factors affect a place’s temperature?
Draw the sun and it’s rays hitting the United States on the globes below
showing what it would be like in the indicated season.
Summer
Winter
Weather and Climate (pp. 109 – 114)
Section 4.1
List the three main factors that affect precipitation.
Label the windward and the leeward sides of the diagram
Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the
seasons are called _____________________________________________.
What kind of weather do these winds produce
In June what season is it in the northern hemisphere? Southern hemisphere?
In December what season is it in the northern hemisphere? Southern
hemisphere?
Weather and Climate (pp. 118-127)
Section 4.2
Rain forest
Savanna
Desert
Steppe
Humid Subtropical
Subarctic
Tundra
permafrost
Weather and Climate (pp. 118 – 127)
Section 4.2
Match each climate type to the description or location. There will be climates
that match with more than one answer. Write the letters underneath the
climate name.
Tropical Rainy
A. high altitudes
B. Heavy rainfall all year long
C. Colder and wetter than nearby areas
D. Always cold
Dry
E. Savanna
F. Rain Forest
G. Tundra
H. Permafrost
Temperate Marine
I. Chapparel
J. ice cap
K. Steppe
L. dessert
M. Greenland
Temperate Continental
N. Kenya
O. West coast of California and Alaska
P. Parts of Hawaii
Q. Northeast United States
Polar
R. The tops of the Rocky Mountains
S. The Great Plains
T. Southern California
U. New Orleans and Atlanta
Highlands
V. Memphis
W. Only in the northern hemisphere
because the continents are big enough
Place the following climates in order from the coldest to the warmest: tundra,
subarctic, humid continental, and ice cap.
Weather and Climate (pp. 130 – 134)
Section 4.3
Definitions
Ice age
Glacier
Sun spot
Weather and Climate (pp. 130 – 134)
Section 4.3
What is the important principle scientists use in order to study ancient climate
change?
What are the two main ways scientists study ancient climates – what do they look
at?
Do scientists think there was only one ice age?
Why were the oceans lower during the ice ages than they are now?
List three possible explanations for climate change.
Weather and Climate (pp. 135 – 141)
Section 4.4
Definitions
El Nino
La Nina
Global warming
Greenhouse gas
chlorofluorocarbon
Weather and Climate (pp. 135 – 141)
Section 4.4
El Nino is known as a __________________ - water event caused by an
unusual pattern of _____________________ that form over the western pacific.
What happens to the temperature of the surface of the ocean when
these winds blow?
In what location does El Nino has an effect on weather patterns? How
does El Nino cause the weather to change?
La Nina is a _____________________water event that occurs when the waters
in the Pacific Ocean are ______________________ than usual.
What happens to the weather in the Pacific Northwest and the United
States when there is a La Nina event?
Weather and Climate (pp. 135 – 141)
Section 4.4
What is the Greenhouse Hypothesis?
What is the difference between a hypothesis and a theory?
Do all scientists agree with the greenhouse hypothesis? If they do not,
what is their alternate explanation?
Why were chlorofuorocarbons banned?