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Section 3: Climate and Vegetation Patterns
Big Idea: All the world’s climates support a variety of ecosystems.
Write the bold vocab words and definition.
Get out another piece of paper and title it 3.3 notes.
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Read to Discover• How do the two tropical climates differ?• What conditions are common in dry climates?• What climates are found in the middle
latitudes?• What characterizes high-latitude and highland
climates?
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Tropical Humid Climate
• Close to equator• Warm temperatures• Rainfall all year• Receives Sun’s rays
directly all year• Rising warm air• Rain forests• Monsoons
Tropical Wet and Dry Climates
• North &south of tropical humid
• Caused by seasonal change in this area
• Alternating wet &dry seasons
• Savannas
Tropical Climates• Ecosystems- community of plants, animals
and non-living things in an area. Vary around the world.
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• Arid climate (desert)-dry, low rainfall– Generally centered about 30 degrees north & south of equator– Subtropical high-pressure zone causes sinking dry air, with
little rain.– Winters may be very cold, summers very hot.– Hardy plants & animals
• Semiarid climate- btw humid & arid areas/ more moisture than the Arid climate.
Dry Climate Areas-Arid & Semiarid
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• Middle latitudes – found between the tropical and the high polar regions.
• Mediterranean—Long, dry summers & mild winters; scrub woodland vegetation
• Humid Subtropical—Hot, humid summers & mild winters; temperate forests
• Marine West Coast—Mild all year; may support dense forests• Humid Continental—Variable, with four seasons; enough rain to
support forests
Middle-Latitude Climates
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• Subarctic—Long, cold winters and short, warm summers; vast evergreen forests
• Tundra—Long winters, with permafrost; low shrubs, lichens, mosses, ferns
• Ice Cap—Polar climates; few land plants or animals
• Highland—Varies by elevation, with low elevations relatively mild & high elevations similar to ice cap
High-Latitude and Highland Climates