2. What are the world’s main climates?
-British, Mediterranean, cold,
equatorial, hot desert and tropical
continental.

3. Affecting temperature is: latitude, distance
from the sea, prevailing winds, altitude,
and… How?

5. Temperatures in equatorial climate

7. Rainfall in the tropical
continental (savanna) climate.
-During the dry season the prevailing trade winds blow
from the east. The dry season is shorter towards the
Equator and longer away from the Equator. The higher
temperatures result in warm air being forced to rise to
give frequent afternoon convectional thunderstorms.

8. Rainfall in the Mediterranean climate
Temperatures in cold climates
-They are high latitudes (60º and 75º both
north and south of the Equator), very low
indeed. North America, North
Europe, North Russia, mountain areas
(Himalaya)
-We have short and cool summers. Winters
are very long and very cold. Places north of
the Arctic Circle have a period when the
sun never rises above the horizon. Strong
winds from the continental interior mean

9. Drought
-Drought is a long
period of weather
that is drier than
usual.

10. Drought in the world affects to:

11. -They are most common in late summer or autumn when
sea temperatures are at their highest (26º C at
least). At these temperatures water evaporates rapidly
and as the rising air cools it condenses and releases
enormous amounts of heat energy which powers the
storm.

13. Global warming is…, and it is due to…
Kyoto Protocol

14. -The Earth is surrounded by a layer of gases, including carbon
dioxide. This keeps the Earth warm by preventing the escape
of heat that would normally be lost from the atmosphere. The
gases act rather like the glass in a greenhouse. They let heat
in but prevent most of it from getting out. The burning of
fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas produces large
amounts of carbon dioxide. As the amount of this gas
increases, the Earth becomes warmer.

15. -Sea temperatures would rise, sea-levels
could rise
-Ice caps and glaciers would continue to
melt
-Low-lying areas would be flooded
-There might more violent storms, and
extremes of hot weather
-Hot regions would become hotter and
deserts would spread
-Climatic and vegetation belts would move
-Some plants and animals would become
extinct
-There could be an increase in insect pests
-Tropical diseases may spread to
temperature regions such as the UK.