Geography & Local Weather
Science · Weather & Climate · conceptual
Know that different places around the world have very different typical weather — tropical places are hot and wet all year, deserts are very dry, polar regions are freezing cold — and that geography (distance from the equator, altitude, nearness to the sea) affects local weather
What mastery looks like
- Describe typical weather in at least three different climate types
- Explain that places near the equator tend to be hotter
- Name at least one factor that affects a place's weather besides latitude
Check your understanding
If Geography & Local Weather compared weather in a tropical rainforest, a desert, and the Arctic, could they describe how different each is and explain why — like distance from the equator?
Prerequisites
Required first