Social Studies

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Social Studies

• Chapter 1 Lesson 3

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Think about this?

1. What is the climate of Central Pennsylvania?
2. What type of vegetation grows in Pennsylvania?
3. What is a rain forest?
4. How can humans adapt to high altitudes?

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Essential QuestionHow does climate affect people
and how they live?

• Vocabulary
• climate
• temperate
• altitude
• rain shadow
• vegetation
• arid

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• Climate is the weather conditions in an area over
  a long period of time.
• There are many types of climates
• Desert
• Tropical
• Temperate Cold/Warm
• Highland

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• A polar climate is the opposite of a tropical
  climate.
• Three things influence climate
• Latitude
• Land/Water
• Altitude

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• Temperate means neither very hot nor very cold.
• Tropic is an area on Earth at or near the
  equator.
• Sea Breeze is the wind blowing during daylight
  hours from cool water to warmer land.
• Land Breeze is a night wind blowing from cool
  land to warmer water.

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Page 38

• List 5 things that are true about desert climates

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Page 36

• List 4 things about ocean currents

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• Altitude is elevation, the distance above or
  below sea level.
• Rain shadow is the dry area on the side of a
  mountain or mountain range.

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Rain Shadow?

• http//app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Nttrain
  shadow

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• Vegetation is plant life.
• Each climate region has its own vegetation.
• A plant can survive in certain regions based on
  the land and water in that region.
• A rain forest is a wetland with thick vegetation
  and tall trees that block the sunlight.
• Arid means very dry with little rainfall.

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Climate Region

• tropical
• desert
• temperate warm
• temperate cold
• polar
• highland
• Turn to page 37.
• http//app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Nttclima
  teregions

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Climate Brochure

• Choose 1 of the 6 Climate Regions
• You will develop a brochure on your region.
• It must include
• Weather 3 pts.
• Temperature 3 pts.
• Precipitation 3 pts.
• Vegetation 3 pts.
• Picture 1 pts. (1 picture)
• Explanation of the climates benefits 5 pts.
• Extra info 1 pt
• Neatness 1 pt
• Total of 20 points