1. Climate Zones Green Book pg 550-551 Purple Book pg 52-53 Blue Book 60-61

2. Graphic Organizer Climate Zone Name Location/Color code WeatherVegetation

3. LOW MIDDLE HIGH MIDDLE HIGH

4. Climate zone name General Location Weather Conditions Vegetation

5. Anywhere in the World Climates (3) Semi-Arid (Steppe) Arid (Desert) Highland

6. Semiarid Around deserts/Inside continents Hot summers and cooler winters Grassland, few trees Chaparral

7. Desert 10 in. or less rain. Summer warm-hot. Winter quite cool- freezing Scrubby short bushes and cacti

8. Highland High mountain regions Greatly varied temperatures Mixed Forest to Evergreen Timberline

9. Low Latitude Climates (2) Tropical Wet (Tropical Rainforest) Tropical Wet and Dry (Tropical Savannah)

10. Tropical Wet Low lat. Always Hot Tropical Rain Forest Canopy of Trees Dark on the lithosphere

11. Tropical Wet and Dry Humid Tropics-T.W.&D. Warm all year, Rainy/Dry Seasons Tropical grassland with scattered broccoli shaped trees

12. Mid-Latitude Climates (4) Mediterranean Humid Subtropical Humid Continental Marine West Coast

13. Mediterranean W. Coasts Dry sun warm summers/ mild wetter winters Scrub & thin grass Woody bush trees Grapes/Olives

14. Humid Subtropical East coasts mid lats. Hot H. summers/ Mild H. winters Mixed forest Is it like Texas?

15. Humid Continental East Coasts Upper mid lats. 4 seasons, long cold winter & S. W. summers Mixed forest Trees>4-6 stories tall

16. Marine West Coast West Coast upper-mid lats. Cloudy mild summers/ cool rainy winters Temperate Evergreen/mix ed Forests

17. High Latitude Climates (3) Subarctic Tundra Ice Cap

18. Subarctic Interior/East coasts High Lats. Extreme Temps., long cold winters Northern evergreen forest with permafrost

19. Tundra High lats. Coasts Cold all year Moss, low shrubs, lichen Permafrost

20. Ice Cap Polar regions Freezing cold year round Ice caps are ice. Lichens

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