Climate Scavenger Hunt
Go to
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/usa.shtml#annual
This should be the Regional Climate Maps USA page.
Click on 12 month on the menu.
Click on Total precipitation.
What year does this map show the total precipitation for?
The numbers to the right of the map go from 1-80. What do those numbers represent? What are the units?
Find
Go Due West (straight across the U.S to the left). What happens to the amount of rainfall as you approach the middle of the country?
Keep going west.
Which state(s) have the same amount of rainfall as
Which two states have the least amount of rainfall?
Click on average temperature. Look at the layout of average temperatures. Do you see a general pattern as you go from the southern states to the northern ones?
- What is general temperature of the southern states approximately?
- What is the general temperature of the middle states approximately?
- What is the general temperature of the northern states approximately?
Go to http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp56/5602001.html Then click on animation. Then click on Step-through. Then click play.
You should see a picture of a mountain range. What is different about the two sides of the mountain?
Which side is greener, the windward side or leeward side?
Play the whole movie. In you own words, explain why the windward side of the mountain and the leeward side of the mountain look so different. A picture might help!
Go to http://mbgnet.info/sets/rforest/explore/elev.htm
What happens to the temperature as you go up in elevation? By how much?
Suppose you lived in an area that had a temperature of 90 degrees at sea level. You climb a mountain that is 20,000 feet tall. What would the temperature be at the top of the mountain? Show work!
Click on http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm to get a copy of a world map. Just click on printable map. There are different climate zones based on the latitude of an area. Use your book (section 13-3) to show where the different climate zones are. Use crayons to color each zone. Write the names of the zones, the temp. range and the latitude range in the chart below.
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