What is Climate?
Geography · Year 4 · Climate Zones and Biomes · Summer Term

What is Climate?

Learn the important difference between weather and climate, and explore the key factors that influence the climate of a place.

National Curriculum Attainment TargetsThe National Curriculum in England: Geography programmes of study: Key Stage 2 - describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts

About This Topic

Learn the important difference between weather and climate, and explore the key factors that influence the climate of a place.

Key Questions

  1. Explain the difference between weather and climate using examples.
  2. Analyse how a place's distance from the equator affects its climate.
  3. Compare the climate of a coastal town with that of an inland city at the same latitude.

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