This document provides information about the temperate zone in a grade 5 social studies class. It includes a KWL chart about the temperate zone, a mind map of key aspects like climate, vegetation, and people. There are sections about the climate, vegetation/flora and fauna, and people in different regions of the temperate zone in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Examples of common trees, grasses, crops, and animals are listed for grasslands and deciduous forest regions.

1. Good Morning
Grade 5-SST

2. The Temperate Zone-KWL Chart
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What I know? What I want to know? What I learnt?

3. Mind-Map of Temperate Zone
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The
Temperate
Zone
Climate
Wild
Life
People
Vegetation

4. Temperate Zone-Climate
23.5”N to 66.5”N in the Northern Hemisphere to
23.5”S to 66.5”S in the Southern Hemisphere

5. Climate
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Northern Hemisphere Hot Summers, Cold
winters, permafrost,
moderate rainfall.
Winds-Dry wind-Chinook
blowing over. Hawk.
Southern Hemisphere Hot Summers, Cold
winters, sufficient rainfall.
Winds-Westerlies Wind,
brickfielder,
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/wind/#:~:text=(In%20the%20Southern%20Hemisphere%2
C%20low,will%20be%20on%20your%20right.)&text=The%20Earth%20contains%20five%20major,trade%20
winds%2C%20and%20the%20doldrums.&text=Polar%20easterlies%20are%20dry%2C%20cold,that%20blo
w%20from%20the%20east.

6. Vegetation-Flora and Fauna-
Grasslands
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✢ Different Names in different countries-
North America Russia South America South Africa Australia
Prairies Steppes Pampas Velds Downs

7. Vegetation-Flora and Fauna-
Grasslands
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✢ Names of trees and grasses-Deciduous
Forest
Northern
Hemisphere-
taiga regions
Trees- Grasses Crops
 Oaks,
 Maples,
 Hickory,
 Basswood,
 Juglans (waln
ut),
 Poplar,
 Ash
 Ryegrass,
 Buffalo
Grass,
 Foxtail,
 Alfalfa
 Buckwheat
 Artichokes
 Alpine
Currant
 American
Gooseberry
 American
Groundnut
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Northern-Hemisphere
https://world-crops.com/temperate-crops/

8. Vegetation-Flora and Fauna-Grasslands
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9. Fauna
Oak,
Birch,
Willow
and
Pine Tree

10. Fauna
Grasslands

11. Vegetation-Flora and Fauna-
Grasslands
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✢ Names of trees and grasses-
Southern
Hemisphere-
Grasslands
Region
Trees- Grasses Crops
 Oaks,
 Poplar,
 Eucalypti
 Ombu
 Tussock
grasses
 Maize
 Beans
 Sweet
Potato
 Quinoa
 Brazil Nuts,
 Avocados
 Cacao
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Northern-Hemisphere
https://world-crops.com/temperate-crops/
https://www.britannica.com/place/South-America/Animal-life#ref41789

12. Wild Life
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✢ Different animals and birds-
North America Russia South America South Africa Australia
Buffalo
Elk
Bison,
Coyote,
Wolf, Prairie
Dog
Sheep,
Ibex,
Vultures,
Rhea,
Guanaco,
Grey Fox,
Deer
Lion,
Leopard,
Rhinoceros
Emu,
Kangaroo,
Wallaby,

13. Wild Life
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-Different animals and birds
Animals Fishes Birds
 Aagouti and Paca,
(Large rodents)
 Jaguars
 Pygmy marmosets
Durukulis (small,
round-headed,
stocky-bodied,
bushy-tailed
monkeys), Woolly
monkeys,
 Spider monkeys,
 Howler monkeys.
 Bats
 Sloths
 Chinchilla
 Characins (Includes
the flesh-eating
piranha);
 Electric eel;
 Catfishes;
 Cyprinodonts,
 Cichlids
 Sunfish.
 Curassows (large
arboreal birds
distantly related to
the domestic fowl),
 Hoatzins,
 Oilbirds,
 Motmots (bright-
colored birds related
to kingfishers),
 Jacamars (small,
bright-colored birds),
 Toucans,
 Manakins,
 Hummingbirds
 Parrots
 Tyrants

14. Different animals and
birds
23.5”N to 66.5”N in the

15. People of this Region-Northern
Hemisphere
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North America Russia
American Red Indians Evenks, Udege,
Nanai and Uluchs
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.16

16. People of this Region-Southern
Hemisphere
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South Africa South America Australia
 Hottentots or the
Khoikhoi people
 Coloureds
 Andean Hunting-
Collecting Tradition,
Argentina,
 Awa-Kwaiker,
Ecuador.
 Aymara, Bolivia,
 Capulí culture,
Ecuador,
 Chachapoyas,
Amazonas, Peru.
 Chachilla (Cayapas)
Aboriginals of Australia
 Anangu
 Goorie
 Koori
 Murri
 Nunga
 Noongar
 Palawah
 Tiwi on Tiwi Islands

17. People of this Region- Nanai, Uluch, Khoikhoi, Anangu, Chachapoyas

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Why are most of the deserts located in the Western side of the continent?
Hot deserts are on the western side of the continents because of the following reasons:
1.Off shore Trade Winds : This is one of the principle reasons for the location of Hot
deserts on the western margins of continents. The trade winds blow in the North Easterly
direction in the northern hemisphere while they blow in the South Easterly direction in
the southern hemisphere. As such they blow over land and very dry thus no possibility of
causing precipitation.
2.Cold Oceanic Currents : The presence of cold ocean currents along the western
shores of continents leads to the development of high pressure over the water surface.
This high pressure leads to subsidence of air hinders cloud formation. This would be
another important reason.
3.Presence of orographic/mountain barrier : In case of hot deserts like the Mojave
desert(USA) where the Rockies and the Thar desert(India) where the Aravallis act as
orographic barrier to the rain bearing winds.
All the above points have also been included in the other answers on this thread so
additionally adding something on cold deserts (trying to be different :-p)
Cold deserts are formed because:
1.Interior location :Deserts like Gobi, Takla Makan, Namib are located at such a
distance from the sea/ocean that the air loses all its moisture till the time it reaches them
and thus there is no precipitation.
2.Orographic barrier : In case of Atacama desert it is the presence of Andes and not
distance from the sea. Similarly in case of Ladakh in India it is the presence of high
mountains surrounding it that makes it a desert. Additionally there is the effect of cold