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Climate and Vegetation

CLASS LECTURE: Climate:
Review the power point lecture from class. Warning: this may not have the most up to date file. This is only a general overview it does not include all the diagrams,  drawings, and discussions from class but it is a good place to start and a helpful review

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Climate is defined as the weather conditions in a certain geographical area averaged over a long period of time. 
 
 
Play with this interactive Climograph resource to practice predicting climates
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Climate Systems and the major controls on climates:
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Watch how the global winds and pressure belts shift throughout the year and think about how these influence climate
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A good exploration of climates based on Koppens classification system and related to different biomes
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Check out what the climate is like for thousands of unique places across the world
 
 
 
Climate resources from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
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See if you can pass a children's climate quiz!
 
 
 
Check out "weather eye" to learn:
The difference between weather and climate and the different regional climates of the U.S. (along with a quiz about those climates)
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 How to read a climograph:
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Now practice interpreting some climographs!
 
 
Climographs from around the world
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 Climate Model Progression from 1970's-today
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2007 Climate report from the 
Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC)
 
 
 
 PRACTICE QUESTIONS:

 
Review Questions
 
 
Book Resources for Chapter 2

Last Updated: 12/05/2014
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