South America Worksheet 2A Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ Have a careful look at the South America Climate Map, then answer these questions. 1.Part of Brazil has a tropical wet 2. Chile has a mostly arid climate. 3. Peru has a tropical wet climate. climate. True False True False True False 4.Uruguay has a humid subtropical 5.The highland climate of South 6. Suriname has an arid climate. climate. America runs along the east coast. True False True False True False 7.Bolivia has a mostly highland 8.Colombia has both a desert and 9.Part of Brazil has a warm semi-arid climate. temperate climate. climate. True False True False True False 10. How would you describe the 11. How would you describe the 12. How would you describe the climate of Venezuela? climate of Colombia? climate of Argentina? Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2014 www.planbee.com South America Worksheet 2B Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ Have a careful look at the Climate Zone Map and World Map, then answer these questions. 1. Which countries in South America have 2. How would you describe what a 3. How would you describe the climate of a wet tropical climate? tropical wet climate is like? Chile? 4. Name three other countries in the 5.Which countries does the highland 6.How would you describe the climate of world that have a similar climate to climate run through? Suriname? Argentina. 7. What are the different climate zones of 8. How would you describe the climate of 9. Name two other countries in the world Brazil? Uruguay? that have a similar climate to Bolivia. 10. What do you notice about the pattern of climate zones across the world? Why do you think this is? Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2014 www.planbee.com South America Worksheet 2C Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ Ice cap Tropical wet Tropical dry Tundra Warm semi-arid Subarctic Humid subtropical Temperate mediterranean Arid (desert) Temperate Highland Can you describe what each of these climates is like? Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2014 www.planbee.com South America South America Climate Map Temperate Tropical wet Tropical dry Warm semi-arid Humid subtropical Arid (desert) Highland Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2014 www.planbee.com South America Climate Zone Map Ice cap Tundra Subarctic Temperate mediterranean Temperate Tropical wet Tropical dry Warm semi-arid Humid subtropical Arid (desert) Highland Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2014 www.planbee.com South America World Map Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2014 www.planbee.com South America ANSWERS Worksheet 2A Have a careful look at the South America Climate Map, then answer these questions. Z 1.Part of Brazil has a tropical wet 2. Chile has a mostly arid climate. 3. Peru has a tropical wet climate. climate. True False True False True False 4.Uruguay has a humid subtropical 5.The highland climate of South 6. Suriname has an arid climate. climate. America runs along the east coast. True False True False True False 7.Bolivia has a mostly highland 8.Colombia has both a desert and 9.Part of Brazil has a warm semi-arid climate. temperate climate. climate. True False True False True False 10. How would you describe the 11. How would you describe the 12. How would you describe the climate of Venezuela? climate of Colombia? climate of Argentina? TROPICAL DRY, TROPICAL WET, TROPICAL WET AND HIGHLAND MOSTLY HUMID SUB-TROPICAL, WITH HIGHLAND, TEMPERATE AND ARID PARTS HIGHLAND AND ARID Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2014 www.planbee.com South America ANSWERS Worksheet 2B Have a careful look at the Climate Zone Map and World Map, then answer these questions. 1. Which countries in South America have 2. How would you describe what a 3. How would you describe the climate of a wet tropical climate? tropical wet climate is like? Chile? ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, BRAZIL, HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOTS OF ARID FRENCH GUIANA, SURINAME, GUYANA, RAINFALL ALL YEAR ROUND VENEZUELA 4. Name three other countries in the 5.Which countries does the highland 6.How would you describe the climate of world that have a similar climate to climate run through? Suriname? Argentina. COLOMBIA, PERU, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, TROPICAL WET E.G. MEXICO, UNITED STATES, CHINA, VENEZUELA, UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA CHINA, ETHIOPIA, RUSSIA 7. What are the different climate zones of 8. How would you describe the climate of 9. Name two other countries in the world Brazil? Uruguay? that have a similar climate to Bolivia. TROPICAL WET, TROPICAL DRY, WARM SEMI- HUMID SUB-TROPICAL E.G. COLOMBIA, PERU, ARGENTINA, ARID, HUMID SUB-TROPICAL, TEMPERATE BOLIVIA, ETHIOPIA 10. What do you notice about the pattern of climate zones across the world? Why do you think this is? THE DIFFERENT CLIMATE ZONES ARE IN HORIZONTAL ‘BANDS’ ACROSS THE WORLD. Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2014 www.planbee.com .