1. Daily Routine Sit in your appropriate seat quietly
Have all necessary materials out
All back packs on the floor
All cell phones on silent and away in backpacks
All music devices off and headphones out of your ears
No food or drink except for water

2. Bell Work What are the four factors that affect climate for an area?
Choose one of the four factors and explain how it impacts climate?

3. Earth Science Announcements
District Common Assessment Dec 15 Course Final Dec 18th -19th

4. Climate
Is climate change real?

5. Finish Yesterday’s Climate Graph Lab
Complete the graphs
Answer all questions
Make sure to answer the last question…question 9…in three thorough sentences on another sheet of paper

6. Factors Affecting Climate
4. Latitude
Affected by Earth’s axis tilt which creates seasons
Close to equator = more direct intense sunlight
Poles = less direct diffused sunlight
About 12 hour days around equator
Variable as you get away from the equator

7. Latitude Affects Climate
90o
As we move farther from the equator temperatures start to get colder
The temperate zones are located between 23.5º and 66.5º latitude
Temperate zones have climates that can be both warm and cold —or moderate year round
We live in the temperate zone—cold winters and warm summers
As latitude increases even farther, we start to move closer to the poles
At 66.5 º north and south of the equator lie the polar zones Solar energy hits the polar zones at a low angle (less direct), spreading the same amount of energy over a larger area
Also polar ice reflects some of this solar energy (radiation)
Polar zones are cold year round
Latitudes near the equator receive high angle, direct sunlight, they are heated more and have warmer climates
These latitudes are known as the tropics and lie between 0º and 23.5º latitude
The tropics Experience warm climates year round
66.5o
23.5o 0o
23.5o
66.5o
90o

8. Latitude Effects Climate
Here, air is sinking
Creating High Pressure
(Sunny weather)
Desert climates
are located
at around 30º
North latitude
Why?
30º North Latitude H H H
Why?
Equator 0º Latitude L L L
Tropical climates
are located near
the equator
0º latitude
Here, air is rising (doldrums)
creating low pressure
(Cloudy, Rainy weather)
30º South Latitude H H H
Desert climates
are located
at around 30º
South latitude
Here, air is sinking
Creating High Pressure
(Sunny weather)

9. H H L L H H Low Pressure High Pressure 30º North Latitude
Warm Humid Tropical air
Rises at the Doldrums
Oo latitude -- Equator H
Whenever air rises,
clouds form and we
Get precipitation
Low Pressure H
30º North Latitude
Here we get tropical
rainforests
Air sinks at 30o
Latitude creating sunny
High Pressure L L
Equator 0º Latitude
Here we get Deserts H H
30º South Latitude

10. Continental Climates
Cities which are located in the middle of continents experience freezing winters and hot summers
Therefore, cities like Chicago experience dramatic temperature fluctuations over the coarse of a year:
Hot summers and Cold winters

11. Continental Climates Winter
Observe the behavior of temperatures as they cross over the North American Continent
-10o 0o 5o
10o
15o
How do
temperatures increase or decrease as they cross a continent???
20o
Winter
25o
30o

12. Latitude Affects Climate
90o
As we move farther from the equator temperatures start to get colder
The temperate zones are located between 23.5º and 66.5º latitude
Temperate zones have climates that can be both warm and cold —or moderate year round
We live in the temperate zone—cold winters and warm summers
As latitude increases even farther, we start to move closer to the poles
At 66.5 º north and south of the equator lie the polar zones Solar energy hits the polar zones at a low angle (less direct), spreading the same amount of energy over a larger area
Also polar ice reflects some of this solar energy (radiation)
Polar zones are cold year round
Latitudes near the equator receive high angle, direct sunlight, they are heated more and have warmer climates
These latitudes are known as the tropics and lie between 0º and 23.5º latitude
The tropics Experience warm climates year round
66.5o
23.5o 0o
23.5o
66.5o
90o

13. Latitude Effects Climate
Here, air is sinking
Creating High Pressure
(Sunny weather)
Desert climates
are located
at around 30º
North latitude
Why?
30º North Latitude H H H
Why?
Equator 0º Latitude L L L
Tropical climates
are located near
the equator
0º latitude
Here, air is rising (doldrums)
creating low pressure
(Cloudy, Rainy weather)
30º South Latitude H H H
Desert climates
are located
at around 30º
South latitude
Here, air is sinking
Creating High Pressure
(Sunny weather)

14. H H L L H H Low Pressure High Pressure 30º North Latitude
Warm Humid Tropical air
Rises at the Doldrums
Oo latitude -- Equator H
Whenever air rises,
clouds form and we
Get precipitation
Low Pressure H
30º North Latitude
Here we get tropical
rainforests
Air sinks at 30o
Latitude creating sunny
High Pressure L L
Equator 0º Latitude
Here we get Deserts H H
30º South Latitude

15. Climate Classification
How should we classify climates?
As it turns out, climates are classified by temperature and precipitation (how hot
or wet a place is)
There are 5 major climate types:
Climate types include: Tropical Climates, Temperate or Moderate Climates, Arid Dry Climates, Continental Climates, and Polar Climates

17. Climate Mapping Lab
1/11/2019

18. Daily Routine Sit in your appropriate seat quietly
Have all necessary materials out
All back packs on the floor
All cell phones on silent and away in backpacks
All music devices off and headphones out of your ears
No food or drink except for water

19. Bell Work
What type of winters and summers do continental areas experience?
Why do deserts form at 30 degrees N and S of the Equator?

20. Earth Science Announcements
District Common Assessment Dec 15 Course Final Dec 18th -19th

21. Climate
Is climate change real?

22. Finish Yesterday’s Climate Map Lab
Complete the graphs
Answer all questions
Turn in work in the front
You have 10 minutes to finish this assignment

23. Climate Lab
1/11/2019