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Climate Notes
Resources: World Climates (http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm)
1. Climate is (2 sentences)
2. Two of the most important factors determining an area's climate are ___ _____________ and
_______________.
3. World biomes are controlled by _____________
4. The climate determines what _____________ will grow there and what animals
______________ it.
5. Where is the suns radiation the most intense? _______________________
The least intense _____________________________
6. Climate is based on ______________________ and the circulation of
________________________
7. Draw and label the prevailing winds on the earth
8. Explain and illustrate why we have seasons
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9. Koppen divided the earth into five major climate types based on ___________ and
__________.
Describe each –
A Moist Tropical or Tropical Humid
B Dry
C Humid Middle Latitude
D Continental
E Cold (Polar)
H Highland
Go to Koppen Climate Classification and click on each climate type to see where they are
located on the world map.
Return to World Climates
10. What do lower case letters indicate?
11. Describe this Koppen climate (the name)
a. Am
b. Cfb
c. Dfd
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Three Basic climate groups (clicking on the underlined word takes you to pictures and more
detail)
12. Group 1 – Low Latitude climates are
a. Tropical Moist (Af)
_______Temperatures °F
_____ inches precipitation
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b. Wet-dry tropical (Aw)
_______Temperatures °F
c. Dry Tropical (BW)
_______Temperatures °F
13. Group II – Mid-latitude climates
a. Dry Mid-latitude (BS)
_______Temperatures °F
b. Mediterranean (Cs)
_______Temperatures °F
c. Dry Mid-latitude (Bs)
_______Temperatures °F
d. Moist continental (Cf)
_______Temperatures °F
14. Group III – High latitude climates
a. Boreal forest (Dfc)
_______Temperatures °F
b. Tundra (E)
_______Temperatures °F
c. Highland (H)
_______Temperatures °F
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On the world map color the three major climate zones and indicate the color in the key
Draw the equator, tropics, arctic and Antarctic circles
Label the ocean currents using colored arrows
Indicate highland climates with hatching (Koppen Climate Classifications)
KEY
Low latitude
_____ warm currents
Mid-latitude
_____ cold currents
High latitude
highland climates