Using lines of latitude to locate the main climate zones
You can understand what the main climate zones are and describe where they are found.
Using lines of latitude to locate the main climate zones
You can understand what the main climate zones are and describe where they are found.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Lines of latitude can help us understand the location of climate zones.
- Climate zones cross over national and international boundaries and also lie within them.
- Average temperature is a clue to identifying climate zones.
- Latitude and altitude are both related to climate zones.
Keywords
Latitude - Lines of latitude are imaginary lines on Earth showing position north or south of the Equator.
Weather - The weather of a place is the day to day condition of the atmosphere, e.g. sunny, snowing, warm etc.
Temperature - Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of a place.
Location - A location is the particular position of something on Earth.
Common misconception
That separate countries must be in separate climate zones or that in each single country is part of one single climate zone.
Borders between countries have been invented by humans, they are not related to climate zones which occur naturally. Climate zones can cover many countries, and big countries like Australia can have more than one climate zone within them.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a climate zone?
Q2.What is the equator?
Q3.How do rays of light from the sun travel?
Q4.Complete the sentence. At the equator, the sun's rays are more concentrated and have more ...
Q5.What are the atmospheric conditions that we experience from day to day known as?
Q6.How do scientists work out what the climate of a location is like?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are lines of latitude?
Q2.Put these lines of latitude in order from north to south.
Q3.Which statement about climate zones is true?
Q4.Match the climate zones to the descriptions.
the climate zone around the equator
the climate zone containing the coldest places on Earth
the United Kingdom is in this climate zone
the climate zone north and south of the equatorial climate zone
the climate zone north and south of the tropical climate zone
Q5.Match the words to the definitions
how far north or south of the equator a place is located
how high above sea level a place is located