Question

Study the climate data given below and answer the questions that follow. 

1. Calculate the annual rainfall for Station A. 

2. What is the annual range of temperature at Station B? 

3. In which hemisphere do you think Station A lies?

4. Which of these Stations has an equable climate? 

Answer 1

1. The annual rainfall for Station A is 67.6 cm. it is calculated by adding the rainfall received in a year.

2. The annual range of temperature at Station B is 5.6 ˚C. it is the difference between the highest and the lowest temperatures in a year.

3. Station A lies in the Northern Hemisphere. This is because it has summers in June and winter in December.

4. Station B has an equable climate because the annual range of temperature is small (5.6° C). Summers are not very hot and winters are not very cold.