March 6 to 12 - Climate

Warm-ups

3/7 - List factors that effect the type of climate you would have in an area.

3/10 - Describe patterns you see in the two graphs below.

3/11 - Use the links below to complete the Glacier Simulation worksheet:

• climate.nasa.gov/interactives/global_ice_viewer

• phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/glaciers

Objectives

• • Describe the effects of latitude, topography, elevation, global winds, large bodies of water, and ocean currents on climate

  • Predict the different climate conditions on any shape of continent, on a planet otherwise just like earth.

  • List and explain the main forcings of climate change.

  • Describe possible human forcings of climate change.

Global CO₂ and temperature change over the past 800,000 years.