1. Bell Work:  Use page 203 in your textbook.  Draw, label, and define the three vertical climate regions. Reminders: 1.Maps due Friday with a quiz (50 points map/50 points quiz) 2.Current Event (academic) Culture project (Pre-AP) due Friday on google drive. 3.Bell Work taken up on Friday. Glue grade sheet on your grade sheet page!

2. Climates of Latin America  What are the main two climate regions in Latin America? ________________ How does Latin America’s latitude affect their climate? _________________________ _________________________

3. The Rainforest  Dense vegetation  The canopy (continuous layer of leaves) can reach 130 ft.  Sunlight seldom reaches the floor.

4. The Rainforest  Earth’s largest rainforest, 1/3 of South America.  Contains the most species of plants and animals than anywhere else on earth.

5. Tropical Savanna  Hot temperatures and abundant rainfall.  Extended dry season  Grasslands such as the llanos

6. Humid Subtropical  Short mild winters  Long, hot, humid summers  Pampas = short grasses

7. Desert  Atacama Desert (Chile) – Created by the rainshadow effect of the Andes Mountains.  No rainfall has ever been recorded in some places.

8. Steppe  Hot summers, cool winters, light rainfall.  Grassy or lightly forested.

9. El Nino  Watch the video and answer the questions.  http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid eo/environment/environment-natural- disasters/landslides-and-more/el-nino/ http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid eo/environment/environment-natural- disasters/landslides-and-more/el-nino/

10. The Amazon Rainforest  http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/habitats/Tr opical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_ forests#p0039zg5 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/habitats/Tr opical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_ forests#p0039zg5  Video 1 – Amazon Rainforest (Andes to Amazon)  Video 2 – Rainforest Destruction (The Living Planet)

11. Vertical Climate Zones