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Mind Map by Delfina Petersen, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Delfina Petersen
almost 9 years ago
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Geography: Environmental Regions
- How climate is affected
- Sun
- source of light
- Source of warmth
- source of light
- Revolution
- when the Earth goes
around the sun
- when the Earth goes
around the sun
- More sunlight = warmer
- Latitude
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Equator
- Arctic Circle
- Antarctic Circle
- Between the Tropics - Low Tropics of Latitude
- Between the Tropics and Circles - Middle Latitudes
- Tropic of Cancer
- Winds
- Tropics - warm
- Polars - Cold
- Tropics - warm
- Weather - what you actually get
- Climate - what you expect overall
- Sun
- Climate
- Britain's Climate
- Cool Summers
- Mild Winters
- Rain throughout the year
- Cool Summers
- Desert Climate
- less than 25mm of rain yearly
- can be made up of sand, salt, rock and snow
- Sand dunes shaped by the wind
- less than 25mm of rain yearly
- Equatorial Climate
- Hot and wet yearly
- with heavy and consistent precipitation
- Species
- Snakes
- Giant Tortoises
- Hummingbird
- Tapir
- Birds of Prey
- Galapagos Iguanas
- Mountain Lion
- Red Eyed Tree Frog
- Snakes
- Landscape
- Rainforest
- waterfall
- mountain
- Volcano
- Rainforest
- Similar weather 24/7
- Hot and wet yearly
- Mediterranean Climate
- 5 Mediterranean zones
- 100% chance of drought and flood
- Majority of rainfall in Winter
- Water Stress (people too)
- Very waxy leaves
- Plants adapted to fire
- Plants
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- Pine
- Lavender
- Rosemary
- 5 Mediterranean zones
- Polar Regions
- Antarctic = South Pole
- 5th Largest Continent
- Officially a desert
- Ice on average - 2.5km thick
- 5th Largest Continent
- Arctic = North Pole
- Albedo - the reflective capacity of a surface
- Antarctic = South Pole
- Britain's Climate
- Types of Rainfall
- Convectional
- occurs when heated ground warms the air next to
it. The warm air then rises, causing thunder storms
- occurs when heated ground warms the air next to
it. The warm air then rises, causing thunder storms
- Frontal
- when warm air has to rise over cold air
- when warm air has to rise over cold air
- Relief
- when warm, moist air is
forced to rise over mountains
- when warm, moist air is
forced to rise over mountains
- Convectional
- Tropical Rainforest
- Forests which grow in the
Tropics & Equatorial Climates
- Yearly Sunshine
- 5 layers of vegetation
- Emergent Layer
- Upper Canopy
- contains 50% wildlife
- contains 50% wildlife
- Lower Canopy
- Forest Floor
- 2 inches deep
- Shrub Layer
- Emergent Layer
- Very humid
- Adaptations
- To change, according to your
circumstance or environment
- Plant and animals have adapted to living
in the Tropical Rainforest
- To change, according to your
circumstance or environment
- Forests which grow in the
Tropics & Equatorial Climates
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