Climate is one part of geography studied in KS2. Children will look at the different climates, for example arid, polar, temperate or tropical. They will discover where the different climates are found and the weather conditions that are associated with each.
Climate is the different weather conditions of an area over a long period of time. Weather itself is the conditions occurring at present (such as 'it's raining' or 'it's very windy'), whereas climate is what the weather is like over time. In 'wet' climates you would expect rain regularly throughout the year and in dry ones you would expect very little rain.
Play this quiz and test your knowledge of the world's climates.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Explore weather and climate
The weather is the atmospheric conditions on a particular day and it changes - for example, snow one day and hot sunshine another
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Higher places are colder, as are places closer to the North or South Poles
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Polar regions are covered in ice and snow all year round
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Tropical places are a long way from the North and South Poles
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Polar is very cold and dry whilst arid is very hot and dry
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The Equator receives more direct sunlight than anywhere else on Earth
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Arid places are also called deserts
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Deciduous trees are ones that lose their leaves in the autumn
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Tropical rain forests are so called because they receive a lot of rain
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The higher you are the colder it gets
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