Humanities Weather and Climate world climate Activity 1

Humanities Weather and Climate world climate

Activity 1 a) Mapping the world Using an atlas or the internet to help you, label the continents and oceans. Write the correct name next to the correct number at thee bottom of the worksheet. *Challenge – can you name at least one country from each continent? 01/01/2022

Tropical Climate and Weather City = Belem (Brazil) In many parts of the tropics, high temperatures and heavy rainfall are accompanied by very humid and often cloudy conditions. Winds are usually light but tropical storms including hurricanes (cyclones) can be a problem. Equatorial (A 1) climates are wet all year with rainfall fairly evenly distributed. The sun is nearly overhead so it is evenly hot all year. Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec °C 26. 0 25. 9 26. 0 26. 2 26. 3 26. 5 27. 2 27. 5 27. 1 26. 6 Rain mm 263. 9 262. 0 297. 9 282. 7 203. 7 103. 1 66. 9 45. 6 63. 0 111. 1 161. 0 219. 8

Dry Desert Climate and Weather City = Cairo (Egypt) Regions of dry climate are found on every continent. Hot deserts (B 1) such as the Sahara and the Arabian are the result of the global pattern of air circulation. Dry air descends over these regions bringing clear skies and hot sunshine. These hot deserts have little rain at any season and no real cold weather although temperature drops sharply at night. Sand or rocks in direct sunlight will easily reach 60 -70 degrees C. But at night temperatures may drop to below freezing point. Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec °C 13. 8 15. 2 17. 4 21. 4 24. 7 27. 3 27. 9 26. 3 23. 7 19. 1 15. 1 Rain mm 7. 3 3. 9 3. 2 2. 2 1. 1 0. 0 1. 0 3. 5 5. 3

Warm Temperate Climate and Weather City = Sydney (Australia) In some warm temperate areas, rain occurs all seasons but summer is the wettest time of the year and temperatures then are warm to hot. Winters are mild with occasional cold spells. Much of China and parts of the USA are in this category (C 1). Around the Mediterranean and some parts of central Chile, California and Western Australia, the winters are generally mild with some winter rain, and summers warm and hot with little or no rain. (C 2) Occasionally there are thundery spells during the summer, but severe weather, including frost and snow, is rare except over mountains. Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec °C 3. 3 4. 2 8. 2 13. 7 18. 8 23. 1 27. 4 27. 3 23. 2 17. 7 11. 7 6. 1 Rain mm 46. 9 61. 4 84. 5 94. 8 103. 8 173. 6 145. 0 136. 8 138. 2 69. 2 52. 3 37. 3

Cold Temperate Climate and Weather City = London (England) Month Jan Feb °C 3. 9 4. 2 Rain mm Mar 5. 7 77. 7 51. 1 60. 2 Apr The cool temperate oceanic type of climate has rain all year with less extremes of heat or cold (D 1). This climate is found in much of northwest Europe, New Zealand coastal North America. Changeable weather is characteristic of these areas and they are strongly influenced by large moving weather systems called 'lows', and 'highs'. As one of these systems passes over a particular location it produces a series of changing weather conditions. Frequent night time winter frosts and generally cold winters are common and can be severe. Cold continental climates (D 2) have warm summers and cold winters May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 8. 5 11. 9 15. 2 17. 0 16. 6 14. 2 10. 3 6. 6 4. 8 54. 1 55. 3 56. 6 44. 8 55. 6 67. 7 73. 2 77. 6 78. 9

Polar Climate and Weather City = Moscow (Russia) In the sub-Arctic or tundra (E), short, often hot summers are followed by longer intensely cold winters in areas of Canada, northern Russia and Siberia, extending to the Arctic. Near the North and South Poles, in Greenland, Antarctica, and land inside the Arctic circle, the polar climate (F) is dominated by low temperatures, frequent strong winds and year round snow cover. Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec °C -10. 3 -9. 1 -4. 1 4. 4 12. 2 16. 3 18. 5 16. 7 10. 9 4. 2 -2. 0 -7. 5 Rain 34. 4 29. 0 32. 7 38. 2 51. 0 65. 6 81. 5 71. 8 57. 7 50. 4 44. 1 42. 4 mm

Activity 1 b) See worksheet World Climates Using internet or an atlas, identify at least one country for each of the climates named below.

The information in this power point has been created by gathering information from the following websites: www. worldclimate. com www. metoffice. gov. uk/weather/world_climate www. bbc. co. uk/weather/world/ 2008.