Examine your climographs. What is the difference between the highest and lowest temperatures in the climographs for each city?
Trondheim: 22 degrees
Arica: 12 degrees
Tokyo: 39 degrees
Which city is in a desert? How can you tell?
Arica is a desert because there is no rain fall throughout the year.
Take a closer look at the Arica, Chile climograph. What can you tell about the seasons and the months? How is this related to the hemisphere where Arica is located?
Arica is the closest city to the equator which is the reason for its lack of rainfall and higher temperatures.
Is there a relationship between the temperature of the ocean current and the coastal climate?
Is there a relationship between the direction of the ocean current and the coastal climate?
In general, on which side of the ocean basins are the cold currents? Warm currents
Cold currents occur on west side and warmer currents towards the east.
What can you infer about the climate of each region by reviewing these climographs?
Trondheim: 22 degrees
Arica: 12 degrees
Tokyo: 39 degrees
Which city is in a desert? How can you tell?
Arica is a desert because there is no rain fall throughout the year.
Take a closer look at the Arica, Chile climograph. What can you tell about the seasons and the months? How is this related to the hemisphere where Arica is located?
Arica is the closest city to the equator which is the reason for its lack of rainfall and higher temperatures.
Is there a relationship between the temperature of the ocean current and the coastal climate?
Is there a relationship between the direction of the ocean current and the coastal climate?
In general, on which side of the ocean basins are the cold currents? Warm currents
Cold currents occur on west side and warmer currents towards the east.
What can you infer about the climate of each region by reviewing these climographs?