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distribution of water
Objectives
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or many people the Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean climate. (C)
with its hot dry summers and cool wet
winters, represents the perfect climate. But the - To take measurements, record
provision of water is hardly effective. Most of data, derive and compare
the rain falls when it is least needed and there conclusions. (P)
is hardly any rainfall when it is vitally needed.
The classic definition of the Mediterranean - To describe the problem of acid
climate designates a climate in which winter rain, its causes and its
rainfall is more than three times the amount of implications. (C)
summer rainfall. The seasonal contrast is more
pronounced in the South and the East areas of - To describe the problem of water
the region, where most of the annual rainfall shortage in various
may occur in just a few days of torrential Mediterranean countries. (C)
downpours.
It is not only the quantity and frequency of - To recognise that water is an
(( 3d rainfall that matters, but also its quality. If the important natural source, not
rain washes through a polluted atmosphere it always available, and therefore in
frequently becomes acidic. need of reasonable management.
(A)
Materials/Equipment
- plastic bottle
- ruler
- plastic funnel
- universal indicator
- rubber tube
- marker
Procedure
1 year
1. Construct your own rain-sampler. Set up an
apparatus according to the figure. Physical Sciences (Chemistry,
Physics), Earth Sciences
(Geography)
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annual rainfall, pH, water
shortage, Mediterranean climate
Modelling the Mediterranean Sea
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Classroom discussion
- water shortage in various Mediterranean
countries.
- acid rain, its causes and its implications on
the environment.