Starter quiz
- Match these countries with their continents.
- Argentina⇔South America ✓
- Cuba⇔North America ✓
- Hungary⇔Europe ✓
- Singapore⇔Asia ✓
- Zambia⇔Africa ✓
- What measures how far north or south a location is?
- amplitude
- magnitude
- latitude ✓
- longitude
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- Which of these is not a line of latitude?
- Arctic Circle
- Equator
- Prime Meridian ✓
- Tropic of Cancer
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- The Equator is at ______ latitude.
- '0 degrees' ✓
- Which of these is not a description of the weather?
- Altitude ✓
- Humidity
- Rainfall
- Temperature
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- What type of climate does the UK have?
- Dry
- Polar
- Temperate ✓
- Tropical
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Exit quiz
- What is the climate?
- what the average weather conditions are like over a longer period of time ✓
- what the weather was like yesterday
- what the weather will be like next week
- what the weather is like today
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- Which two ways of presenting data are combined in a climate graph?
- bar chart ✓
- line graph ✓
- pie chart
- scatter graph
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- What type of climate does Greenland have?
- dry
- polar ✓
- temperate
- tropical
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- What type of climate does Costa Rica have?
- dry
- polar
- temperate
- tropical ✓
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- The sun’s rays are more concentrated at the __________.
- Equator ✓
- North Pole
- South Pole
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- Manaus, in Brazil, is near the Equator. Choose two descriptions of the climate there.
- Hot temperatures all year round. ✓
- High levels of rainfall in February, March and April. ✓
- Cold in June and July.
- Very little rainfall throughout the year.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- There is a diverse range of landscapes and several major river systems in North and South America.
- There is a diverse range of climate zones in North and South America.
- There is a diverse range of biomes and vegetation belts in North and South America.
- The key physical features of North and South America can be investigated using resources including atlases and maps.
Common misconception
Earth is significantly closer to the Sun at the Equator.
Revisit pupils’ prior learning about the Earth and space in science.
Keywords
Weather - The weather of a place is the day to day condition of the atmosphere, e.g. sunny, snowing, warm etc.
Climate - Climate describes the average weather conditions over a long period of time.
Latitude - Lines of latitude are imaginary lines on Earth showing position north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees.
Equator - The Equator is an imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.
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