Skills in Social Studies

The Climate Graph

What is a Climate Graph?1. A Climate Graph is a combination of a

____ and a ___ graph.2. It combines the information about _____

and ________ for one place.3. Rainfall, measured in _______ is up one

side of the graph and is represented as a ___ graph.

4. Temperature, measured in _____ is up the other side of the graph and is represented by the ___ graph

Line Bar

Rainfall

Temperature

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Degrees

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What is a Climate Graph?

5. _____ are located along the bottom Months

Drawing a Climate Graph?

• You will need at least 19 lines to complete this climate graph.

• Put the heading “Climate Graph for Hong Kong” underline it.

• Miss a line and rule a vertical line 16 lines down your page.

• Now rule a line that is 12 cm across the page.

• Now turn this into a grid (see diagram).

Drawing a Climate Graph?Climate Graph for Hong Kong400

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Months Rainfall Temp

Jan 40 18

Feb 55 19

Mar 75 22

Apr 140 25

May 290 28

June 390 30

July 370 32

Aug 360 30

Sept 250 29

Oct 120 27

Nov 40 24

Dec 30 21

Create your own Climate Graph

• You are now going to create your own Climate Graph.

• Use the figures on the next page to create a Climate Graph for Christchurch.

• To save time I am going to hand out an outline for a Climate Graph.

• Remember the Key Features of Graphs

Climate Graph for Christchurch Months Rainfall (mm) Temp ( C)

Jan 50 16

Feb 40 16

Mar 70 15

Apr 75 12

May 80 9

June 70 6

July 80 6

Aug 75 7

Sept 60 10

Oct 50 11

Nov 40 14

Dec 30 16

Climate Graph for ChristchurchClimate Graph for Christchurch

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Climate in Christchurch

• Now you have completed your graph I want you to write some sentences describing what your graph is showing.

• The first sentence is describing the rainfall throughout the year.

• e.g. The rainfall in Christchurch over the year is . . .

Climate in Christchurch

• The second sentence is describing the temperature throughout the year.

• e.g. The temperature in Christchurch over the year is . . .

• The third sentence is describing the overall climate over the year.

• e.g In Chch in the winter it is …• e.g In Chch in the summer it is …

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