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| Question | Answer |
| Name a hot climate type | Hot desert climate |
| Give an example of a desert | Sahara |
| List 3 kinds of climatic zone | Hot Temperate Cold |
| Distance from the ocean | |
| Name 2 characteristics of a hot desert climate | Temperature & rainfall |
| What is the distribution of a hot desert? | 15/30 degrees N/S of equator |
| List 4 factors that influence the characteristics of this climate | Latitude Prevailing winds Ocean Currents Relief |
| How hot & how cold can it get here? | 30 degrees at day & -6 at night |
| Explain the role of clouds in the desert | Keeps heat in at night and keeps it out during the day |
| How much rainfall is experienced here? | less than 100 mm |
| Name the mountain providing relief for the Sahara desert. | The Atlas mountains |
| Oasis | This is a desert area with surface water. |
| Cactus | Waxy skin. Spines instead of leaves. Flower at night. Spongy interior. Deep taproots that can source water. |
| Camel | |
| Desertification | The growing/spreading of the desert |
| Sahel | Region on outskirts of Sahara at risk from desertification |
| Causes of desertification | Climate change Human factors; Over farming/over grazing, cutting down trees, over population, poverty. |
| Results | Desertification (soil erosion) Famine Migration |
| Solutions | Reforestation Change farming methods Irrigation Educate farmers |
| Temperate climates | Warm temperate Cool temperate |
| Factors influencing warm temperate climate | Latitude Prevailing winds |
| Warm temperate climate | Summer temperature; over 30 degrees Cloudless skies Low latitude Dry & settled Winter is mild; 9 degrees 400-700 mm rain (frontal) Trade winds blow towards equator |
| Vegetation | Garigue: tough grass and herbs found near the seacoast. Olive trees; Waxy leaves, deep tap roots. |
| Cold climates | Boreal (55 degees north) Tundra (Arctic climate) |
| Boreal | Northern Summer; 10-15 degrees, long hours of sunshine (20 hours plus) Winter: -15 degrees, long hours of darkness (20 plus hours) High latitude 400 mm precipitation (Snow) |
| Factors impacting the Boreal climate | Latitude Prevailing winds |
| Vegeatation | Tigra forest Unbroken around the world Sloped branches Shallow roots to avoid permafrost Thick bark Needles for leaves Coniferous |
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