The document outlines Earth's main climates, including hot/torrid climates near the equator with high temperatures and precipitation year-round, temperate climates that are tropical with rain in summer or oceanic/Mediterranean with precipitation patterns, cold/frigid polar climates with very low temperatures and little snow, and mountain climates with colder temperatures and more precipitation at higher altitudes.

1. 2. EARTH’S CLIMATES
• HOT (TORRID)
EARTH’S
• TEMPERATE
CLIMATES
High temperatures
Equatorial
Lots of precipitation all year
High temperatures
Tropical
Lots in summer
Precipitation
Dry winters
Little precipitation
Desert
Very extreme temperatures
Mild temperatures
Oceanic
Lots of precipitations (winter)
Mild winters and hot summers
Mediterranean
Rains in spring and autumn and summers dry
Continental
Mountain
Cold winters and hot summers
Not much precipitation
Cold temperatures
More precipitation at higher altitudes
• COLD (FRIGID)
Polar
Very low temperatures
Very little precipitation in the form of snow