1. WEATHER AND CLIMATE
by
Miguel Angel

2. Weather and
climate
• Weather refers to
atmospheric conditions at
a specific moment.
• Climate refers to the typical
atmospheric conditions in
an area over a long period
of time.

3. The earth
climate zones
• The earth has got many climate
zones but we can classify all of
them into three general
categories:hot(or torrid)
climates temperature climates
and cold(or frigid) climates
• Equatorial: climates have high
temperatures and a lost of
precipitation all year long
• Tropical: climates have high
temperatures all year long they
recive lots of precipitation in the
summer but the weather is dry
in the winter
• Desert climates recibe very little
precipitation all year long they
can also have very extreme
temperatures

4. Temperature
climates
• Oceanic:climates have mild
temperatures all year long they
recive a lot of precipitation
especialli in the winter
• Mediterranean:climates have
mild winters and hot summer
it rains in the spring and
autumm but summer are
usually dry
• Continental: climates have cold
winters and hot summer they
don recive very much
precipitation.

5. Cold climates
• mountain: climates are cold
• polar: have very low
temperatures

6. Climates zones
in spain
• Spain has got a varety of climates
zones all of them are influenced
by diferences in
latitude,distancefrom bodies of
water and altitude.
• Oceanic
• Subtropical climate:temperatures
are hig all year long and the isnt
lot of precipitation.
• Mountain climate
• Continental climate
• Mediterranean climate:there isnt
a lot of precipitation but there
can be torrential rains.

7. Climate change
• Climate change is caused by an
increase in the Earth´s
temperature.
• Scientists believe that the main
consequences of climate change
are going to include:
– Higher sea levels. The ice polar
zones is melting. This is going to
cause floods in coastal regions.
– More severe weather. Higher
temperatures are going ti cause
more violent storms.
– Drought. Some regions are going to
receive less precipitation, so they
won´t have enough water.
– Extintion. If the temperatures keep
increasing, many plant and animal
species are going to disappear.

8. CLIMATE AND
NATURAL
DISASTERS
• Strong winds: hurricanes and
tornadoes.
– A hurricane can produce winds of more
than 250 kilometres.
– A tornado is a column of air that comes
down from a storm cloud and rotates
violently.
Torrential rains can cause dangerous
floods.
Droughts are long periods of time with
little or no rain.
Hight temperatures can cause forest fires.