science9 Quarter 3: Climate.pptxscience9 Quarter 3: Climate.pptx

1. Climate
Factors Affecting the Climate of an area

2. Learning Objectives:
• Define Climate
• Differentiate climate from weather
• Identify the factors affecting climate of an area.

4. WEATHER
• Is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere in a specific place; short
term variation in minutes to days.

5. CLIMATE
• Is the average weather of a place over a period of time, seasons,
years or decades.
• It is the averages of precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine ,
wind and other measures of a weather that occur over a long period
of time in a particular place.

6. example
Baguio City, Philippines
Experiences a cool/mild climate throughout the year, usually
with the lowest temperatures between November and February.

7. Manila City, Philippines
Experiences high temperature year-round which varies from 22
degrees celcius in January to 34 degrees celcius in May.

8. CLIMATE Is what you expect.
WEATHER Is what actually happens.

9. What is the Climate in the Philippines?
According to the Philippine Atmospheric , Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) the climate in the
country in general is Tropical and Maritime. It is characterized by
relatively high temperature, high humidity and abundant rainfall.

12. Factors affecting
climate:
LATITUDE

13. What is Latitude?
• LATITUDE is defined as the
measurement of distance in
degrees North and South of the
Equator.
• The word latitude was derived
from the Latin word “latus”
meaning “wide”

15. Most of the sun’s rays strike vertically in places
near the Equator. This makes the temperature higher in
these areas, resulting in warm climate. Places that are
not always vertically hit by the sun’s rays experience
cold climate.
How Latitude affects climate of an area/region?

16. As the latitude increases, the smaller the
angle of the sun’s rays strike the surface. Therefore,
when the area is farther from the equator, the air
temperature is lower. When the place is closer to the
equator, the air temperature is higher.

18. Explain how latitude affects climate?
When the area is farther from the equator, the air
temperature is lower resulting in a cold climate.
When the area is closer to the equator, the air
temperature is higher resulting in warm climate.

19. Factors Affecting Climate of an
Area

20. WHAT IS ALTITUDE?
• In geography, altitude is the height of an object
above the surface of the ground or sea level based
on a datum, a geodetic reference point. Altitude is
the vertical measurement of the distance of an
object above the surface of the Earth.
• For example. the height of a plane in the sky is
known as that machine’s altitude.

21. What is Altitude?

22. Mt. Kilimanjaro
(Africa)

23. Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa)
Is found near the equator. It stands 5895 m
above sea level. The peak of these mountain is
covered with ice. That is because the air
temperature decreases as the altitude
increases.

24. What happen to the air in a higher altitude place?

25. Why is it during summer many people visit Baguio City?
How will you describe the lifestyle of the people living in higher
elevated places like Baguio City?
What can you say about their food, types of plants and trees found on
those places?

26. • The higher the Altitude (height above sea level) the colder the air
gets.
• This is because the air molecules are farther apart making the air
less dense.
• Less dense air cannot absorb much heat making the air
temperature lower.
How Altitude affects climate of an area/region?

27. • As the Altitude increases, the air temperature decreases, the colder the
climate.
• As the Altitude decreases, the air temperature increases, the warmer the
climate.
• Those places that are located in high elevation has a low temperature and
cold climate, while those places that can be found in lower elevation has a
high temperature and warm climate.
How Altitude affects climate of an area/region?

29. Factors Affecting Climate of an
Area

30. •Places that near the oceans have moderate climate as the body of
water regulates the temperature. Places without a body of water
nearby tend to have higher air temperature during the day time.
•Places that are far from the bodies of water have extreme climates
as there are no immediate bodies of water that will help to circulate
the movement of cold and warm air.

31. Glasgow, for example is at a similar latitude
to Moscow , but it is much milder in winter
because it is nearer to the coast than
Moscow.

32. Factors Affecting Climate of an
Area

34. • Warm and Cold currents bring warm moist air near to coast areas.
• Great Britain is an example – latitude position puts it in the cold and
dry climate zone. However it is moist and warmer due to the Gulf
stream, a warm current.

36. Factors Affecting Climate of an
Area