1. Summarize the two sections found on pages 697-698. 2. Answer the following questions: How and why do areas near the equator stay cool? What factors affect the temperature?
Most of Southeastern Asia has a tropical climate. In the summer they get direct sumlight making really hot, but in the winter warm air from the equater, keeping it hot. Some areas stay cooler because of cool sea breezes. This area has a lot of rain that helps rain forests grow. Recently deforestization has been causing landslides killing a lot of people. Some places have highland climate. This is usally found near mountains and places like the Himalayas and the Plateau of Tibet. It is a tempature because on thinner, drier air and drier landscape.
The tropical climate is located very close the equator; it has a warm moist climate year round. There is a large amount of rainfall and in the summer this region receives direct sunlight. In places near the ocean or sea though there is a cooler climate because of the close location to a large amount of water. Singapore has never had a temperature over 97 degrees, but it is in a tropical climate. Why you might wonder, because Singapore is on the tip of a peninsula and it is located near water that keeps the temperature lower. Areas that are in the tropical climate can be colder due to elevation, the higher it is the colder it gets. There are rain forests the farther you go down in elevation, most days they get up to 20 inches of rain. There is 14,000 types of flowering plants located in the rainforests of Malaysia. Rain forests have been being cut down at a very rapid rate and it is leading to landslides because there is no plant roots to hold the ground in place.
Answer: There is a lot of factors that affect the temperature, elevation, the nearest large body of water, and the climate. The areas near the equator stay cool because like I said earlier they are near a large body of water like a ocean or a sea. That is why places like Singapore don’t get over 97 degrees. The higher up though you go in elevation it is going to get colder and the air will get thinner. It can depend on the climate that it is in also because if it doesn’t get a lot of rain and it gets very hot you would get a grass land. If the same temperature was in a place that got a lot of rain then it would be a rainforest. There are many factors that affect the temperature and how people live.
Most of Southeastern Asia has a tropical climate. In the summer they get direct sumlight making really hot, but in the winter warm air from the equater, keeping it hot. Some areas stay cooler because of cool sea breezes. This area has a lot of rain that helps rain forests grow. Recently deforestization has been causing landslides killing a lot of people.
ReplyDeleteSome places have highland climate. This is usally found near mountains and places like the Himalayas and the Plateau of Tibet. It is a tempature because on thinner, drier air and drier landscape.
Tropical and Highland Climate
ReplyDeleteThe tropical climate is located very close the equator; it has a warm moist climate year round. There is a large amount of rainfall and in the summer this region receives direct sunlight. In places near the ocean or sea though there is a cooler climate because of the close location to a large amount of water. Singapore has never had a temperature over 97 degrees, but it is in a tropical climate. Why you might wonder, because Singapore is on the tip of a peninsula and it is located near water that keeps the temperature lower. Areas that are in the tropical climate can be colder due to elevation, the higher it is the colder it gets. There are rain forests the farther you go down in elevation, most days they get up to 20 inches of rain. There is 14,000 types of flowering plants located in the rainforests of Malaysia. Rain forests have been being cut down at a very rapid rate and it is leading to landslides because there is no plant roots to hold the ground in place.
Answer: There is a lot of factors that affect the temperature, elevation, the nearest large body of water, and the climate. The areas near the equator stay cool because like I said earlier they are near a large body of water like a ocean or a sea. That is why places like Singapore don’t get over 97 degrees. The higher up though you go in elevation it is going to get colder and the air will get thinner. It can depend on the climate that it is in also because if it doesn’t get a lot of rain and it gets very hot you would get a grass land. If the same temperature was in a place that got a lot of rain then it would be a rainforest. There are many factors that affect the temperature and how people live.