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A3 The Natural World

3 European Climates

Chapter 4  pages 75-78

Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren,

published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X

Characteristics of west European maritime climates and east European continental interior climates and contrasts between them.

Factors affecting these climates:

  • distance from the sea

  • ocean currents

  • latitude

students should -

  • Describe the characteristics of west European maritime climates and east European continental interior climates.

  • Compare the two climates.

  • Explain the factors which affect these climates.

 

European climates and factors affecting them

 

(2 lessons)

 

 

Factors affecting climate

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow's Geography pages 75-78

 

Maritime climate - Plymouth

  1. Pages 75-76 Describe the climate of Plymouth, using the Examiner's tips as a checklist from p.76.

  2. Answer qn. 1 Activities page 76 - Draw the climate of Norwich.

  3. sheet 3.4a Looking for Patterns

East European - continental interior - Kiev

  1. Pages 75-76 Describe the climate of Kiev, using the Examiner's tips as a checklist from p.76.

  2. Answer question 1 Higher Tier from page 78

Factors that influence climate

  1. sheet 3.5 The rise and fall of temperature

Latitiude

Distance from the sea

 

 

Ocean currents

 

Prevailing winds

 

 

climate - 1. Airmasses

climate - 2. Depressions & anticyclones

climate - 3. European Climates

 

Forests - 4. Distribution & coniferous

Forests - 5. Tropical forest ecosystem

Forests - 6. PNG & Solomons

 

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