PPT-Describing Climates

Describing Climates There are three major climate zones The planet can be divided into climate zones regions that share similar weather conditions Tropical Zone warm temperature which does not vary much throughout the year. 5/8/2012. -Read . I:4.1 and I:4.2. --Pages . 112-131. -Complete . the Outline Review Sheet. --I:4.1 . and I:4.2. --Due . Friday 5/11/2012. Climate. What Causes Climate I: 4.1. And. Climate Regions I: 4.2. Climates. Describing Climates. There . are . three. major climate zones:. The planet can be divided into . climate. . zones. , regions that share similar weather conditions.. Tropical Zone. warm temperature which does not vary much throughout the year. Factors that influence climate.. 1. Latitude. 2. Distance from sea / ocean. 3. Prevailing winds and air masses. Latitude. Latitude is the distance north or south of the equator.. In general, the further north or south of the equator an area is, the colder it will be.. 1 Climates First Prosimians Anthropoids Hominids Miocene Climates Current Weather. Finish Ice Core Research. Overview and Historical Perspective . The Pleistocene and . Holocene. Milankovitch Theory. For Next Class: Read Ch. . 9. . (pp. . 299-308. ). Reminder: Exam 2 on . Thomas Gale Moore Senior Fellow Hoover Institution Stanford University Prepared for the conference on: Global Climate Change at Rice University September 6 to 8, 2000 1 It is the best of Climates; It Tropical climates are somewhat variable . In terms of moisture. In terms of temp on a day-night cycle. And somewhat consistent. In terms of annual temp. In terms of incoming solar radiation. Diurnal compared to annual temperature ranges defines the tropics. Module 3. Describing Families. 1. RDA Chapters 8 . and 10. Module 3. Describing Families. 2. Families as creators. Families create records (archives). Families create serials (e.g. newsletters). Families create monographs (e.g. a family cookbook). vegetation. . Climate . is average of weather conditions for . . . 30 years. . . Climatologists employ many. different tools to organize the . wealth of information about . earth's climates to bring order. Module 4. Module 4. Describing Corporate Bodies. 1. RDA Chapters 8 . and 11. 2. Module 4. Describing Corporate Bodies. Definition of Corporate Body. (RDA 8.1.2). The term . corporate body. refers to an organization or group of persons and/or organizations that is identified by a particular name and that acts, or may act, as a unit.. The main shapers of climate are temperature, precipitation, and wind.. These factors form global patterns. Temperatures are warmest in and around the tropics and coolest near the poles.. Precipitation is greatest near the Equator.. Describing Others AND MYSELF We have worked in the last two weeks on describing others. This lesson focuses in on the changes in pronouns and verb conjugations that take place in order to shift from describing someone else to describing oneself. The first descriptions on each slide are in the Global climates and natural vegetation Climate is average of weather conditions for 30+ years Climatologists employ many different tools to organize the wealth of information about RDA Chapters 8 . and 9. 2. Module 2. Describing Persons. Scope of “Person”. Definition (RDA 8.1.2) . An individual or an identity established by an individual, either alone or in collaboration with one or more other individuals.