What Is Climate?

Last updated over 5 years ago
16 questions
Note from the author:
Beginning climate exploration for 6th grade students using comparison of San Diego, CA, Honolulu, HI, and California climate.
Visit https://www.climatetypesforkids.com/ and explore the 12 different climate types, or climate zones, around the world.
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What is the climate zone in Honolulu, Hawaii?
Write your best guess!
You need to explore using the link from (a).

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Visit https://weather.com/ to check out the weather in Honolulu, Hawaii (HI) and choose the best weather words for what you see.

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Visit https://weather.com/ to check out the weather in San Diego, California (CA) OR step outside and choose the best weather words for what you see.

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How is the weather in Honolulu and San Diego different?

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How is the weather in Honoluulu and San Diego the same?

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Which climate zone is San Diego, CA in?
You need to explore using the link from (a).

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What climate zone are the north and south poles?
You need to explore using the link from (a).

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What climate zone would you see in high mountain areas, like the Himalayas?
You need to explore using the link from (a).

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What climate zones are in the United States?
There are 8!
You need to explore using the link from (a).

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Reflect: Why are there so many climate zones in the United States?

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Using this map, how are the weather and climate disasters DIFFERENT between the east and west coasts of the United States?

Visit https://www.waternewsnetwork.com/san-diegos-six-cimis-climate-zones/ and explore San Diego's SIX climate zones.
City Heights is between zone 4 and zone 6!
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Describe one of the six climate zones in San Diego.
You need to explore using the link from (b).

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What patterns do you see about climate zones and latitude (what colors are only in certain places) in the picture above?

This is a map of solar energy on Earth.
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Where is the most solar energy hitting the Earth?

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What do you think climate zones have to do with the amount of solar energy hitting the earth?

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What is climate?