Reading: Spain’s climate

6 th Primary Education

• Climate: a group of atmospheric phenomena that occur in a particular time and place.

• Atmospheric phenomena: they are the phenomena that occur in the atmosphere, wind, pressure, precipitation, temperature, humidity...

• Atmosphere: a layer that surrounds the earth. It is necessary for the development of life on earth. It's filter harmful rays of the sun.

• Greenhouse effect: pollution occurs when you create a layer in the atmosphere that make difficult output of the sun's energy to produce a temperature increase on Earth.

• Weather: is a set of atmospheric phenomena that occur in a place and in a short time (one or two days).

CLIMATE = WEATHER

FACTORS IN THE WEATHER

• Latitude• Altitude• Proximity to the sea• Relief

CLIMATE INFLUENCES• Landscape• Agriculture• Livestock• Industry• Population

OCEANIC CLIMATEMEDITERRANEAN CLIMATECONTINENTAL CLIMATESUBTROPICAL CLIMATE

OCEAN CLIMATE

• Location: north and west of Spain.• Temperatures: mild winters and cool

summers.• Precipitation: many.

CONTINENTAL or CONTINENTAL MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE

• Location: center of Spain.• Temperatures: hot summers and cold

winters.• Rainfall: scarce.

MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE

• Location: eastern and southern Spain.

• Temperatures: mild winters and high summer.

• Rainfall: scarce.

SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE

• Location: only in the Canary Islands.• Temperatures: high throughout the

year.• Precipitation: very slim.

Read and fill in the gaps

• Climate: a group of atmospheric phenomena that occur in a _________time and place.

• Atmospheric phenomena: they are the phenomena that occur in the atmosphere, ___________________________

• Atmosphere: a layer that surrounds the earth. It is necessary for the ____________of life on earth. It's filter harmful rays of the _____.

• Greenhouse effect: _______occurs when you create a layer in the atmosphere that make difficult output of the sun's energy to produce a temperature increase on Earth.

• Weather: is a set of atmospheric phenomena that occur in a place and in a ______time (one or two days).