Weather and Climate (II)

Geography SSS1 Second Term

WEEK 7

Weather and Climate (II)

Performance Objectives

Students should be able to learn:

1. Factors affecting climate and weather
2. Importance of weather and climate to

Content

1. Resources in Abia State

Factors affecting climate and weather

1. Latitude: c. Tropical latitude, where the sun’s altitude is always high have a hotter temperature than lower latitudes where the sun altitude is generally low. These differences in temperature relation to different latitudes affect climate.
2. Altitude: It refers to the height of a place above sea level. As one moves higher into the atmosphere, the temperature decreases by 6.5oc for every 1000m of ascent. This is called the normal lapse rate.
3. Continentally or distance from the sea:…