Climographs show the temperature and precipitation of a location throughout the year. Temperature is shown with a line. Precipitation is shown with bars. Use the climograph below to answer the following questions.
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What does a climograph show us?
Use the climograph of U.S. City B to answer the following questions.
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Use the climograph to answer the question and provide evidence. Does this city have a "dry season" or a season with very low precipitation? If so, when? If not, why? Explain your answer with evidence from the climograph.
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Which business would you rather own in this city? An air conditioning company or a heating company. Support your answer with evidence from the climograph.
Answer the following questions based on your knowledge of ocean currents.
The picture shown above is a current map. Current maps show the flow of warm and cold water currents around the Earth’s surface. Warm currents are shown with red arrows while cold currents are shown with blue arrows. Use the picture above to answer the following questions.
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The following two cities occur at nearly the same latitude near the equator. One is a landlocked city and the other is a coastal city which has an ocean current flowing near it. Reference the ocean current map above to help answer the questions.
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The following two cities occur at nearly the same latitude. One is a coastal city located near a warm current and the other is a coastal city which has a cold current flowing near it. Reference the map above to help you with the answers to the following questions.
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Why is there such a difference in precipitation in the two cities if they are located near the same latitude?
What is the average temperature in May?
75 degrees Celsius
75 degrees Fahrenheit
-2 degrees Celsius
15 degrees Celsius
What is the average precipitation in May?
75 inches
75 mm
150 mm
15 mm
What is the average temperature in November?
50 degrees Celsius
-8 degrees Celsius
7 degrees Celsius
105 degrees Celsius
What is the average precipitation in August?
50 mm
12 inches
170 mm
20 mm
According to the climograph above, which month was the warmest?
April
May
July
August
According to the climograph above, what is the average temperature of the coldest month at this location?
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65
70
75
According to the climograph above, what is the driest month in this location?
February
July
August
December
According to the climograph for U.S. City B, what is the difference in degrees between the coldest and warmest months?
15
25
30
60
Based on the map above, what type of winter will Harstad have? Why?
Harstad will have a colder, wetter winter because it is next to a cold current.
Harstad will have a colder, dryer winter because it is next to a cold current.
Harstad will have a warmer, wetter winter because it is next to a warm current.
Harstad will have a warmer, dryer winter because it is next to a warm current.
Based on the map above, what type of summer will Sydney have?
Sydney will have a warmer, dryer summer because of the warm current next to it.
Sydney will have a warmer, wetter summer because of the warm current next to it.
Sydney will have a cooler, dryer summer because of the cold current next to it.
Sydney will have a cooler, wetter summer because of the cold current next to it.
Based on the map above, what type of winter will London have?
London will have a warmer, wetter winter because it is next to a warm current.
London will have a colder, dryer winter because it is next to a cold current.
London will have a warmer, dryer winter because it is next to a warm current.
London will have a colder, wetter winter because it is next to a cold current.
Based on the map above, what type of summer will Casablanca have?
Casablanca will have a cooler, wetter summer because of the cold current next to it.
Casablanca will have a cooler, dryer summer because of the cold current next to it.
Casablanca will have a warmer, wetter summer because of the warm current next to it.
Casablanca will have a warmer, dryer summer because of the warm current next to it.
Which of these two cities has a current running nearby?
Lima
Brasilia
Is it a cold current or a warm current?
Warm
Cold
Comparing the climographs of the two cities, why is there a difference in precipitation, if they are at the same latitude
Lima is near a warm current which causes it to have very little precipitation.
Lima is near a cold current which causes it to have very little precipitation.
Brasilia is near a warm current which causes it to have a lot of precipitation.
Brasilia is near a cold current which causes it to have a lot of precipitation.
Based on the data, which of these two cities has a warm water current nearby?
Walvis Bay, Africa
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Based on the data, which of these two cities has a cold water current nearby?
