Name: Euby Choi
Block: D
Date: ………………………………….
Science 10 Digital Immersion: Reading Climatographs
Question
What inferences can you make by comparing the climatographs from 3 locations?
What to Do
The following climatographs give temperature and precipitation data for 3 typical locations within three biomes.
Use the data from the climatographs to complete the table below. You will have to estimate values.
BIOME
Warmest average
monthly temperature
Month with warmest
average temperature
Coldest average monthly
temperature
Month with coldest
average temperature
Total Precipitation in Jan,
March, August, &
October
Driest month & total
amount of precipitation
for this month
Wettest month & total
amount of precipitation
for this month
Start and end of growing
season (months where
temperatures first rise
above or fall below 5°C)
1
2
3
16°C
18°C
7°C
July
July
July
-19°C
-7°C
-28°C
January
December
February
J: 20mm
M: 20mm
A: 60mm
O: 24mm
Month:
February
Total
Precept’s:
18mm
Month: July
Total Precip’n:
80mm
Start: March
End:
November
J: 24mm
M: 28mm
A: 40mm
O: 18mm
Month:
February
Total
Precept’s:
18mm
Month: June
Total Precip’n:
70mm
Start: March
End: December
J: 22mm
M: 26mm
A: 60mm
O: 40mm
Month: March
Total
Precept’s:
20mm
Month: August
Total Precip’n:
60mm
Start: March
End: October
Analyze
1. Which biome is the closest to the equator? Assume that there are no great differences in altitude among the
three locations. Explain your answer.
Assuming altitude doesn’t affect the climatographs it Biome
#2 is probably closest to the equator because it’s average
temperatures is rather high compared to the other two .
2. Which biome has the most northerly latitude? Explain your answer.
As one moves north the average temperature should drop
and the growing season should get shorter, consequently I
believe Biome #3 is the most north location.
3. Which biome receives the most annual precipitation? Explain your answer.
Biome #1 has the most annual precipitation because I added
up the data on the climatographs.
4. Which biome receives the least annual precipitation? Explain your answer.
Biome #3 has the least annual precipitation because we have
added up all of the rainfall and found the annual average.
5. Which biome has the longest growing season? Explain your answer.
Biome #2 has the longest growing season because it has an
average temperature above -5°C for the most number of
months.
6. Which biome has the shortest growing season? Explain your answer.
Biome #3 has the shortest growing season because it has an
average temperature above -5°C for the least number of
months.
7. In which biome would animals need to have structural and behavioural adaptations to survive long, cold
winters? Explain your answer.
In Biome #3 the animals living there would need adaptations
because their outside temperature is much lower than their
bodily temperature for quite some time!
Conclude
8. Infer the biome that is represented by each climatograph. Provide two reasons why you made each inference.
(a) Biome 1
Temperature because of the moderate average
temperatures, average precipitation and moderate growing
season.
(b) Biome 2
Tropical Rainforest because of the warm average
temperatures, high precipitation and long growing season.
(c) Biome 3
Tundra because of the very low average temperature,
moderate precipitation and short growing season.