Lab About Climatograph

WORKING WITH CLIMATOGRAPHS

I. Purpose

To analyze climatographs with the help of climate data in order to discover trends in seasonal climate variation.

II. Hypothesis

It is possible to identify biomes by analyzing the temperature and annual precipitation data in a climatograph.

III. Materials

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IV. Procedure

a. Draw a horizontal axis for the months of the year.

b. Draw two vertical axes. Use a scale of 0-400 mm for average precipitation on the left and use -40 ̊C to 40 ̊C for temperature data on the right.

c. Plot the climate data for Biome A.

d. Use coloured bars to represent the ave. monthly precipitation.

e. Join the individual data points for temperature using the trend line.

f. For biomes B through E, repeat steps 1-5.

V. Discussion

a. The tropical rainforest has the highest annual precipitation. For Biome B, its climatograph showed high data results for the annual precipitation. Because tropical rainforest receives 200 cm – 450 cm of rainfall annually, it is clear that this biome associates with the given question.

b. Biome E shows the greatest seasonal variation in temperature. The trend was going up and down in the climatograph which shows uncertainty in the temperature.

c. Biomes C and D have measurable snowfall. The temperatures in the climatographs reached until -20 to -30 ̊C.

d. Biome B will have the longest growing season. Through the abundance of rain, plants will not lack water and they won’t freeze because snow doesn’t occur in this biome.

e. Biome D lies closest to the equator. The equator lies at 0 degrees latitude and biome d’s temperatures are recorded as the hottest.

f. The Biome C lies furthest from the equator. Its temperatures are the lowest which entails distance from the equator.

g. A-Temperate Deciduous Forest

B-Tropical rainforest

C-Polar ice

D-Desert

E-Grassland

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