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Location and Climate

Name: _______Hayley Huang___________________________________

Name of your island: _____Lexill____________________________

Exact Location (latitude/longitude)____40 degrees North 150 degrees east____________________

Nearby countries:

Japan, Russia

Use pages 40-47 to answer the following: What is climate?

Climate is the average temperature of a week or more.

What factors determine climate?

Air circulation and wind and ocean currents.

How big is your island? Describe the size by comparing it to the size of a real island (i.e. Our island is about the same size as Taiwan. Or…Our island is about half the size of Taiwan)

Our island is about two-thirds of the size if Taiwan.

Describe the physical geography of your island (mountains, lakes, etc.)

Our island has plateaus, hills, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Our highest mountain is Mount Pana. We have three rivers- Blacksmith, Velvet, and Persian Rivers. We have the Red and Ingor Lakes.

What is the climate of your country? What “climate region” does your island “fit” into? (use the map on page 44-45)

The climate of my country is humid continental. My climate region fits into deciduous forests.

Now turn to pages 50-54

Describe the climate region of your island in more detail. Describe the seasons, the precipitation patterns, the temperature, etc.

In the winter, our island is below -5 degrees Celsius. In the summer, it is about 25 degrees Celsius. In the spring and autumn, it is warm and cool.

Describe the vegetation of your island in more detail. Use the map on page 53. What kinds of vegetation can grow there?

There are needleleaf evergreen forests on our island. There are firs, spruce, and pines.

Using the PowerPoint located on the Location and Climate website, fill out the following table:

Month

Temperature C Precipitation cm

Jan

Below 4-8

0.3-o.4

Feb Below 4 0.2-0.3 Mar Below 4-8 0.2-0.4 Apr Below 4 0.5-0.6 May Below 4 0.3-0.4 Jun

4-8

0.2-0.3

Jul 8-12 0.2-0.3 Aug 8-12 0.4-0.5 Sep 8-12 0.4-0.6 Oct

8-12

0.3-0.4

Nov

4-8

0.2-0.4

Dec Below 4 0.3-0.4