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Activity C5: Weather and Climate
Part 1: Weather and Climate
- Answer the following questions using the weather data that you
recorded in your Weather Learning Logs from Activity 3: Track
Weather like a Meteorologist.
- Did the weather report change every day? Every hour?
- Which day had the most precipitation? The least?
- Which day had the highest temperature? The lowest?
- Select one of the climate reports for the country in
which your city is located and read the information.
- What kind of information is given in
the climate description?
- What climate region is your city locate?
- Name at least three ways how climate reports are different from a weather report.
- When we look out the classroom
window, are we looking at climate or weather? Why?
- What is the difference between weather and climate?
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Part 2: Climate in your Region
- Graph the Climate Data
: In your Weather Learning Log,
you are going to create a comparison chart that displays both the
average monthly temperature over one year in the form of a Line
graph and average monthly precipitation over one year in the form of
a Bar graph. When you graph the data, use the monthly averages of the temperature and precipitation from the links
below:
- Temperature
- Did the average temperature you recorded in Activity 3
fall within the range of
averages for the month?
- Which month had the highest temperature? The lowest?
- What was the average temperature for the year?
- How does the line graph for the annual temperature
compare with the temperature line graph you made in Activity
4? Be specific.
- Precipitation
- Was the total amount of precipitation you recorded during
Activity 3 representative of the average for that month?
- Which month had the most precipitation? The least?
- What
was the total precipitation for the year?
- How does the bar graph for the annual precipitation compare
with the precipitation bar graph you made in Activity 4? Be
specific.
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Part 3: Final Conclusions
Write a brief report or create a tourism brochure,
pamphlet, etc. describing the climate for your country / region. Be sure to
include the following:
- the difference between climate and weather;
- the common characteristics of the climate region where your
city is located;
- the average precipitation and temperatures for each
month/season (you can include the graphs if you wish);
- how each of the three factors (latitude, elevation, and local
geography) influence the temperature of your country / region;
- the "best" time of the year to visit your country and why; &
and
- the "worst" time of the year to visit your country and why.
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EXTENSION:
- Compare your climate to that of another region listed above.
- Select another city and compare and contrast the climate
for your region with that of another region / city
- Use the weather web site to locate a region for each of the below:
- A city that has over 800 mm of precipitation a year.
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- A city that has less than 20 mm of precipitation a year._________________________
- A city that averages a temperature of below zero (-0 șC)
for the year.______________________________
- A city that averages a temperature of below zero (-0 șC)
for the year.________________________________
- A city that averages a temperature of above 25 șC for the
year._____________________________________
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