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urricullum ex
xtra Unit 2
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cus on G
Geograph
hy: Clima
ate zone s 4 Choose th
he correct op
ption.
1 When we w talk aboutt the climate e / season off a
1 Match
M 1–8 to
o A–H and write
w the worrds. place, we
w think abouut the tempe erature, sunsshine,
1 rain E A ator rainfall wind an nd equator / rainfall.
2 cli ___
_ B shinee ______ ___________
__ 2 The norrth and southh temperatu ures / poles area
3 equ ___
_ C son ______ ___________
__ always very cold, annd there is veery little rain
nfall /
4 po ___
_ D eratuure ______ ___________
__ wet.
5 temp ___
_ E fall ______ ___________
__ 3 Countries in the tem mperate climaate zone havve
6 wea ___
_ F les ______ ___________
__ four diffferent times / seasons.
7 sea ___
_ G ther ______ ___________
__ 4 It is usu
ually wet / drry for many months
m in
8 sun ___
_ H mate e ______ ___________
__ countriees with a troppical weathe
er / climate.
5 The Me editerranean climate / seeason zone is
2 Complete
C the
e table with the words. close too the poles / equator.
utumn cold cool dry hot rainfall spring
au 6 The equator / temp perature is often
o quite higgh in
summer sunshine tem
mperature warm
w tropical poles / zon nes.
wet wind winter
w
5 Look at the graph sho
owing London's climate
e.
Seasons
S Weatheer Weath
her nouns
Complete the sentencces.
adjectiv
ves
________
_ _______ __ ___
______
________
_ _______ __ ___
______
________
_ _______ __ ___
______
________
_ _______ __ ___
______
_______ __
_______ __

3 Match
M climatte zones 1–4
4 to areas A–D
A on the
map.
m
1 Mediterran
nean ___
2 Polar ___
3 temperate ___
4 tropical ___

A 1 ______ ___ is a warm m month. Thee average

daytime e temperature re is 23°C.
B C 2 In the summer montths of June, July and Aug gust,
the diffe
erence betweeen the day time and night
D time _________ is arround 10°C.
y 2°C at nightt in _______
3 It's only __ and Februuary.
4 November is a veryy ________ month m – the
average e rainfall is 665 mm!
5 The ave erage rainfal l is 37 mm inn March and
______ ___ .

6 Find out about the cli mate in you

ur region. Drraw
a graph us
sing the onee in exercise
e 5 as a mod del.
Write abouut your regio
on's climate
e.
I live in Andalucía. In Ja
January, the average
a
temperaturre is … .