TTO2: CH3 Weather & Climate

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Discuss with neighbour

1) What is your favourite kind of weather?
2) How would you describe the weather outside? 
3) What is the definition of weather?

Why is the saying "Well, nice climate outside today!" wrong?

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Assignments

1) Read chapter 3.1

2) Write down any hard word you didn't understand

3) Discuss the hard words with your neighbour when you're both done. 

4) Done? Summarize this section

What influences weather? 

1) Latitude (Breedtegraden)

2) Altitude (Hoogte) 

3) Distance from the sea

4) Heat islands
         (& micro-climates)

Latitude and weather

What factors influence temperature / weather? 

• Distance from the sun.
• Earth's axis is tilted at an angle. 
• 4 different seasons occur due to the orbit around the Sun.
• The closer you are to the equator, the hotter it will usually be.

How does altitude influence temperature?

Point A: 2500m height and 12 °C
Point B: 3500m height
What is the temperature at point B?
Show your calculations!

Why are the coastal areas a bit warmer in winter than areas further inland?

Work time! 

- Finish 3.1

- Read 3.2 

- Write down all hard words you didn't understand

- Done? Start working on 3.2!

Homework = 3.1 and 3.2

The water cycle

Teacher switcheroo

- Read 3.3

- Team 1: Explain Different air masses
- Team 2: Explain Air pressure
- Team 3: Explain cyclones (depression) & anticyclones

--> Everyone needs to prepare a 5 minute lesson in which you try to explain this topic. 

Write down all characteristics of a tropical storm / hurricane that can be found in section 3.5

3.9 World climate

Köppen

- Identified multiple climate types. 

- Simplified his findings by categorizing them.
- A, B, C, D and E are the five main types of climates based on temperature. 

Today's plan:

> Checking 3.9 and 3.10
> Discussing 3.9 and 3.10

> Final explaning for the testweek

> Hope and pray that you'll do well next week!

Climate graphs

"a climate is the average weather over 30 years"

What to look out for in a climate graph:

1) You should check what month has the most precipitation 
(summer/winter?)

2) What month(s) have the highest temperature? 

What to look out for in a climate graph:

3) The red line could tell you whether the area depicted is on the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. (?) 
4) Write down all information and determine what kind of climate it is. 

What climate is this? 

What climate is this? 

Does the area on the graph appear on the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?

1. Northern Hemisphere
2. Southern Hemisphere
3. You can't tell from the picture

Explain fully:
How do you read the following graph...

TIME TO DRAW YOUR OWN!

Use the following information:

What do we see here?

1. Relief precipitation
2. Frontal precipitation
3. Convection precipitation
4. None of the above

If we talk about 'relief precipitation', what is/are the most important word(s) included?

1. Colliding warm and cold air
2. Wind
3. Mountain
4. Onshore and offshore

Explain fully how convectional rainfall works