S1E5 - 29Jan Lesson Updates

 What's Covered Today 29/1/13, Tuesday

                     Climates around the World

•  Climates around the World

         Divided into 3 types using temperate and rainfall patterns

• Tropical Climate, Temperate Climate & Polar Climate
• Location on Earth - Latitudes
• Tropics of Cancer 23.5N
• Tropics of Capricorn 23.5S
• Equator 0
• Antarctic Circle 90N
• Arctic Circle 90S

• Characteristics of Tropical Climate

• Located between the latitudes 23.5N ans 23.5S
•  Does not experience 4 seasons,
•  High temperature (between 26 -32/34 degree Celsius) & High Annual Rainfall throughout the year. 
• Temperature range is very small.
• Eg: Singapore

• Characteristics of Temperate Climate
•  Located between the latitudes 23.5N/S ans 66.5 N/S
• Experiences all 4 seasons, 
• Moderate compared to tropical climate (between 34 - 0 degree Celsius)
• very high & very low temperatures
• Temperature range is large.
• Eg: United Kingdom

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• Characteristics of Polar Climate
• Located between the latitudes  66.5N & 90N and 66.5S & 90S
• Also known as tundra climate
• Extremely Cold 
• Temperature below 0 degrees Celsius
• Low rainfall in the form of precipitation
• Eg: Antarctica, Greenland & Iceland  (No humans live there!)

• Practiced W/B Pg 93, Worksheet 11.3

• Temperature (degree Celsius): 
• more than 20 = High, Between 10-20 = moderate    &    less than, <10 = Low

• Precipitation (mm)
• more than, >10 = large, between 5-10 = small    &    less than, <5 = Very small

• Reading the Climograph
• TAD 
• T - Time (from when to when)
• A - Adjective (high, moderate, low)
• D - Data (range between x-y  /  of x degree Celsius) 
• To be able to describe the Temperature; You need to 
• 1st, find Mean Annual Temperature: (Max+Min) / 2
• 2nd, find Temperature range = Max -Min
• Lastly, do your TAD for both 1st & 2nd
• To be able to describe the Rainfall; You need to 
• 1st, find the Total Annual Rainfall = Add all monthly rainfalls
• Then do you TAD.

H/W :

 







THINKer...   

Did You know.... Penguins and Polar Bears live at the opposite ends of the Earth (Opposite poles)

Noted during Lesson...

• Some students seems to be confused. 

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