Chapter 3 - Climates of the Earth
Chapter 3: Climates of the Earth
Chapter Essential Questions
How does Earth's position in relation to the sun affect life on Earth?
What factors can affect how climates are distributed on Earth's surface?
How do geographers classify Earth's climate and vegetation?
Chapter 3 Section Assignments
Select two different areas of the world and explain how they received their climates and what classifies them.
Chapter Concept/Skill
Compare and contrast the climates of the world.
Explain how the relationship between the earth and the sun affect climates around the world.
Describe the many factors that affect world climate
Discuss how temperature, precipitation, and types of vegetation can be used to define climate regions of the earth.
Academic Language- Basic
Weather
Climate
Axis
Temperature
Revolution
Current
Hypothesis
smog
Academic Language- Complex
Equinox
Solstice
Greenhouse effect
Global warming
Prevailing wind
Coriolis effect
Doldrums
El Nino
Windward
Leeward
Rain shadow
Natural vegetation
Oasis
Coniferous
Deciduous
Mixed forest
Prairie
Permafrost