1.6 Classify global climates, and analyse the factors that influence the climate in Ireland.
SOL 9: Understands the origins and impacts of social, economic and environmental aspects of the world.
SOL 16: Describes, illustrates, interprets, predicts and explains patterns and relationships.
Global Climates Learning Intentions
You will be able to: „„
Explain what a climate is. „„Classify global climates.
„„Understand the factors that affect Ireland’s climate. 15.1 What is a Climate?
Climate is the average weather across a large area of the earth’s surface.
To classify the climate for an area, certain weather conditions, such as level of rainfall or hours of sunshine, must be measured. These conditions are measured for thirty-five years or more before an area’s climate is determined.
Key Words
Characteristics Hot
Temperate Cold
Equatorial Savanna Hot desert Warm
temperate oceanic
Climate and weather are not the same thing. Weather is a measure of conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, while climate is a measure of these conditions over a long period.
