Year 7 - Geography
Fieldwork: Presenting microclimate data
Weather and climate: how do they vary?
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about the physical processes that help explain our weather and climate. Pupils will use fieldwork to investigate weather in their local area. Pupils will also learn about how and why our climate is changing.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to present microclimate data using a range of data presentation techniques.
Key Notes
- Data can be presented to make it easier to analyse.
- To compare data it might be possible to represent it on the same set of axes.
- Presenting data on a map can help geographers see spatial patterns.
- All data presentations need to conform to particular standards (such as having keys and labels) to make them readable.
Vocabulary To Learn
- spatial influence: how distance from, or proximity to, a geographical feature influences data
- axis: a line in the structure of a graph against which data is plotted
- independent variable: a variable that the geographer changes
- dependent variable: a variable that changes as a result of changes to the independent variable
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- It does not matter which aspects of the data are presented on which axis of a graph.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Data can be presented to make it easier to analyse. To compare data it might be possible to represent it on the same set of axes.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'spatial influence'
how distance from, or proximity to, a geographical feature influences data.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: It does not matter which aspects of the data are presented on which axis of a graph. Correction: It is a common convention for the independent variable to be read from the x-axis and the dependent variable to be read from the y-axis.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Actions to tackle climate change Study Guide
- Anticyclones Study Guide
- Causes of climate change Study Guide
- Depressions Study Guide
- Fieldwork: Analysing, concluding and evaluating microclimate data Study Guide
- Fieldwork: Planning and collecting microclimate data Study Guide
- Impacts of climate change on the UK Study Guide
- Past climate change Study Guide
- The UK's climate Study Guide
- Types of rainfall Study Guide
- Weather and climate Study Guide
- Weather and climate forecasting Study Guide
- World climate zones Study Guide
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