Generalizations about Temperature in the Western Hemisphere
On this table, DJF stands for December, January, and February.
What do you think JJA stands for? ______________________________
Whenever you see a table
of data, The first thing
you should do is to try to
figure out the basic
Organization theme
(how the places are
arranged).
1. Are these places
arranged:
___ in alphabetical order?
___ from coldest to
hottest?
___ from north to south?
___ from largest to
smallest?
Ellesmere, an island in
northern Canada
Yellowknife, a town on
the Great Slave Lake
Winnipeg, the capital of
Manitoba, Canada
Minneapolis, the largest
city in Minnesota
New York, the largest
city in the U. S.
Atlanta, the capital of
Georgia
Los Angeles, the largest
city in California
Dallas, a large city in
northern Texas
Miami, a city on the
coast of Florida
San Juan, the capital of
Puerto Rico
Latitude
DJF (°F)
JJA (°F)
80°N
-25
34
62°N
-14
58
49°N
3
65
45°N
15
71
41°N
33
75
34°N
43
78
34°N
57
68
33°N
45
83
26°N
68
82
19°N
77
82
Mark an X on the line next to the two generalizations that are accurate.
___ 2. Between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer (23°N latitude),
average temperatures are about the same in both summer and winter.
___ 3. If you go north of the equator in January, temperatures go down a lot.
___ 4. If you north from the equator in June, temperatures go down quickly until
you get to the border with Canada, and then the temperatures stay about
the same.
5. Rewrite the wrong generalization so that it is an accurate statement.
Now look at three cities that are about the same distance away from the Equator.
Los Angeles is located next to the Pacific Ocean.
Atlanta is in a rainy forest region.
Dallas is in a dry grassland region called the Great Plains.
Circle the capital-letter word that makes each of these generalizations true:
___ 6. A location CLOSE TO FAR FROM a large body of water tends to make
hot seasons hotter and colder seasons colder. That is called the continental effect.
___ 7. A location in a dry grassland tends to have temperatures that are MORE
LESS extreme than in the rainy forest.
___ 8. Trees help shade the ground, and they use energy to evaporate water. That
makes the air HOTTER COOLER.
These cities are located at the same latitude in a country called Colombia in South
America.
City
Latitude
Bogota
Girardot
Tibacuy (Tibague)
4°N
4°N
4°N
Elevation
(feet)
8000
5000
1000
DJF (°F)
JJA (°F)
56
84
66
57
84
66
9. Write a generalization about the effect that elevation has on Temperature:
10. Is this an accurate statement about a mountain in the part of South America?
“Going up 8000 feet in summer is like going more than halfway to the North Pole.”
Yes or No
Why or Why Not?