The environment: CLIMATE.

After the first part of this topic: RIVERS. Let's move onto another important part of the Environment: THE CLIMATE. 

Before going indeep with this topic maybe it would be great to have a look to a video, but please pay attention to it because at the end you have to answer this two questions:

• What two factors can define a climate?
• How many climate zones are there at the Earth?

CLIMATE

WEATHER can change in a few minutes.

CLIMATE is a region's characteristic temperature, wind or precipitation over a long time

THE EARTH'S CLIMATE.

The distance for the equator determinate how much heat it takes.

• TROPICAL ZONE. It is very hot every year. 

• TEMPERATE ZONE: 
• There are warm summers.
• There are  cold  winteres. 
• Some parts are rainy and at another place it is dry.

• POLAR ZONE:
• It is very cold.
• Around the North and South Pole. 

CLIMATE IN SPAIN

• ATLANTIC CLIMATE:
• This is the mild climate.
• It is on Cantabrian Coast and in Galicia.
• Rainfall is abundant all year round.

• MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE:
• It is the climate near Mediterranean Sea.
• Summers are hot.
• Winters are mild.
• Rainfall is light.

• SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE:
• This is the climate of Canary Islands.
• It is hot all year round.
• Rainfall is limited to some months of the year.

• CONTINENTAL CLIMATE:
• This is the climate of central Spain.
• Summers are hot.
• Winters are cold.
• Rainfall is irregular. 

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