The weather of a place is the day to day condition of the atmosphere, e.g. sunny, snowing, warm etc.

Climate describes the average weather conditions over a long period of time.

Lines of latitude are imaginary lines on Earth showing position north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees.

The Equator is an imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.

Climate of North and South America

Geography

Using maps to locate countries in North and South America

Physical geography of North and South America

Human geography of North and South America

Economic activities of North and South America

Planning a journey through the Americas

Using digital maps to identify different landscapes of North and South America

This unit provides a foundation for 'South America: Why does the Amazon matter?', which extends and deepens pupils’ understanding of physical and human geography and processes through a case study of the Amazon as a region of Brazil.

This unit builds directly on 'Europe: How diverse are its landscapes and places?', which focuses on the diverse people and landscapes of Europe, as well as earlier work in 'Contrasting locality: What is it like to live in (named location) in Jamaica?', which extends and deepens pupils’ understanding of physical and human geography and processes.

This unit introduces the continents of North and South America through their physical and human features. Pupils explore climate, land use, and economic activity across different regions, and plan a journey that connects a range of contrasting places.

North and South America: how diverse are their places and landscapes?

what the average weather conditions are like over a longer period of time

 Which two ways of presenting data are combined in a climate graph?

What type of climate does Greenland have?

What type of climate does Costa Rica have?

The sun’s rays are more concentrated at the __________.

High levels of rainfall in February, March and April.

Very little rainfall throughout the year.

Manaus, in Brazil, is near the Equator. Choose two descriptions of the climate there.

Match these countries with their continents.

What measures how far north or south a location is?

Which of these is not a line of latitude?

Which of these is not a description of the weather?

Climate of North and South America

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