Climate Graphs & Zones

What two things make up climate?

• Temperature

• Rainfall

• Precipitation

• Windspeed

• Air Pressure

What is this type of graph called?

• Weather graph

• Rainfall graph

• Climate graph

• Temperature graph

Match the features of a climate graph to what they show

• X-axis

  (along the bottom)

• Months of the year

• Bars

• Precipitation

• Y-axis

  (up the sides)

• Temperature

• Line

• Temperature and precipitation

The earth is split up into climate zones which are determined by lines of ​ (a)   . The coldest climate zone is the ​ (b)   zone. The hottest climate zone is the​ (c)   zone. This zone it the hottest as it is located on the ​ (d)   , where the suns rays are the ​ (e)   concentrated.

• latitude
• longitude
• polar
• snow
• equatorial
• Mediterranean
• equator
• most
• least

What type of climate does the UK have?

• Temperate

• Arid

• Snow

• Polar

• Equatorial

What is the best definition of global warming?

• The gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earths atmosphere

• How the climate has changed over time

• When the temperatures rise in summer months

• The earths surface getting hotter

One word you could use to describe how the earths temperature has changed over time is

Overall the earths temperature has...

• Increased over time

• Decreased over time

• Stayed the same

• Increased and then decreased