UNIT 4. CLIMATES, LANDSCAPES AND ENVIROMENT.
On this unit you’re going to learn several concepts about the atmosphere and its layers. Also you’ll get sources to know about the climate, its way of working and its influence on our planet creating different zones, landscapes and wildlife.
1.- Watch and read source on the image above about atmosphere layers. Write the name of each atmosphere layer and its thickness. You have to match each atmosphere layer with its definition that you will search on the net.
2.- What’s the difference between weather and climate?
3.- Which are the five factors that affect the climate and how they do it? To know it you’ll find the answer on source 4. Once you’ve watched it write them down in your field work notebook. 4.- What’s the summer solstice and the winter solstice in which parts of the world is summer on each solstice (diap 8/9 source 4)? 5.- CLIMATE ZONES PROJECT TO WORK IN GROUPS OF THREE. (Use source 4 and 5 to find diferent climate zones and main characteristics that you will have to improve on your own). You will have to create a poster about the climate zones. For each zone you will describe:
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