The document discusses weather and climate. It defines weather as short-term atmospheric conditions measured by factors like temperature, humidity, and wind. Climate is defined as the long-term weather patterns of a region determined by latitude, altitude, proximity to sea, and terrain. The document outlines different climate zones including tropical, dry, humid middle latitude, continental, and polar climates. It also lists common climate vocabulary and the climate zones found in Spain.

1. unit 2
what’s the weather like?

2. the weather
• Weather is a short-term description of the
atmospheric condition in an area. We
measure it by different factors such as:
atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity,
wind and precipitation.

3. Weather instruments we use to measure
different climate factors

4. climate
• It is defined by the LONG-TERM weather
conditions in a region ( in an area).
• It is determined by :
1. Latitude
2. Altitude
3. The Sea
4. Terrain ( Mountains)

5. earth’s climate zone
• Moist tropical climates
• Dry climates
• Humid middle latitude climates
• Continental climates
• Polar Climate

7. graphing weather pattern

8. the climates of spain
• Oceanic Climate
• Continental
• Mediterranean
• Subtropical
• Mountain climate.

9. Main vocabulary of this unit
• climate
climate
Spain
Climate
Zones
Weather Weather
Instruments
• altitude Oceanic
Continenta
l
atmospheric
pressure
barometer
• latitude Continental dry humidity thermometer
• sea
level
Mediterranea
n
humid precipitation hygrometer
• terrain Subtropical
moist
tropical
temperature anemometer
Mountain polar wind weather vane
pluviometer