Unit 4 Lesson 3: Climate Regions

 

Unit 4 Lesson 3: Climate Regions

Lesson target:

students will recognize the different climate regions

Students should be able to:

1) identify the different climate regions

2) list the characteristics of each climate region

3) identify what vegetation is

 

If climate differs from one place to another, might we have something called climate zones? (Answer: yes)

Try and label certain countries in the world based on their climate?

(Saudi Arabia: hot climate, Canada: cold climate, Africa: dry)

 

 

Tropical:

Hot and humid

Humid:

Containing a high amount of water or water vapor

Arid:

Lifeless, dry, lacking moisture

Highlands:

Mountainous or hilly section of a country

Tundra:

Treeless plains between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions

Continental climate:

Hot summers, cold winters, little rainfall

Tropical Moist	Wet-dry Tropical	Dry Climate
Year-round warm temperature Humidity Abundant rainfall Rainforests grow	Very little rainfall Dry all year Ground covered with grass and scattered trees Drought resistant Not good for planting Also called Savanna climate	Less precipitation  Summers and days are very hot Nights and winters are very cold Plants like cactus grow there

 

Mediterranean	Moist-cold	Moist continental	Polar
Warm to hot temperature in summer Mild wet winter Citrus fruits/ olives	Moist climate Receives rainfall all year Cold winter/ mild summer Fertile lands	Warm to cool summer/receives rainfall in summer Cold winter/ heavy snow	Permanent snow or glaciers No trees

 

Exercise 1: Complete the table by naming 5 climate regions of the world; then write one characteristic of each climate.

 

Tropical moist climate	abundant rainfall
Wet- dry tropical climate	drought resistant
Dry climate	very hot
Mediterranean climate	warm to hot temperature in summer
Polar climate	Covered with permanent snow

Exercise 2: What is the climate of the country you live in? What makes you think so?

(Answers will vary)

 

Exercise 3: Is it possible to live in a polar climate? Why or why not?

It is not impossible, but it is extremely difficult to live in such a climate since it never gets warm there. Only researchers usually stay there for a limited period of time.