Do u fully understand climate change? How has the climate been changing so far? In order to answer these questions, it is important to know about the types of climate and their distribution throughout the world.
Firstly, we have to understand the difference between climate and weather. Both refers to the atmospheric conditions of a specific location with the only difference whereby climate describes the condions that occurs over a long period of time while weather decribes that of a short term of time. The atmospheric condtions generally refer to how warm and wet the place is.
In order to know about the climate condtions of a country, the easiest way is by referring to climographs. So what is a climograph? It is a representation of the climitic conditions in that particular country. It contains the values of the monthly average temperature and the monthly average rainfall of that country.
Below shows how you can read a climograph:
In order to describe this climograph in details, below is the format that you can follow
*refer to the above mindmap on atmospheric condtions for describing climograph
-the general temperature pattern (constant or not?)
-the range of the temperature
-the general pattern of the precipitation(even? high?)
-indicate the dry season (months with lesser rainfall as compared to other months) with the approximate range
-indicate the wet season (months with more rainfall as comapred to other months) with the appoximate range
-finally, the climate type of the country (temperate or tropical etc)
Above shows the general division of the climate types at different parts of the world. (Remember what's the other term to describe the tropics? (ans: torrid) and polar regions?(ans: frigid==> with courtesy to mr.heah's explanation =D. If it is easier to remember the climatic conditions of each climate type with this interesting explanation!)
I feel that it is very important to know the climatic conditions of the different countries for very basic reasons such as traveling, migration etc. By knowing the climatic condtions, we can also infer about the economic activities such as the types of agriculture cultivation. Remembering how space shapes people, we will able to know about the living lifestyles and the cultures of other places too. Just by knowing the climatic condtions, we can get to know so much more about other places. Isn't it amazing?
Extra:
When you hear a thunder roaring, tell your surrounding people that the process is called nitrogen fixation! *with courtesy to mr.heah's explanation
(lightning is 5 times hotter than sun surface-->heats up air-->burns nitrogen-->expansion-->loud explosion (thunder)-->nitrogen dioxide-->dissolves in water-->nitric acid-->fall as rain-->seeps into soil-->bacteria converts nitric acid to nitrates-->absorbed by plants as nutrients-->taken in by humans)
haha, yeps, the nitrogen fixation thing's going to make us sound super intellectual even if it's from someone who may look immature;P haha, yayyz, so everyone can sound really clever and superior! okays, now.. after reading the blog post which sort of reminded me of the lesson's content, climographs and the respective terms climate and weather will make sense to me! yepsyeps, and i agree with knowing the climate conditions to understand a place better even if you'll only be going there for a few days! like the other time when i went to china and totally froze to death cos of the lack of info! ohoh, and it's so cute how you can find out about the people from the place they live in like i live in a nice home so i'm nice! whoo!~ so yea, geography does has it's cool side;P