Seasons Pre-lab

Name: _____________

Class: __________

Date: ____________

1.  Describe your experience of the seasons (How do the seasons change in New York)?  List all the ways summer and winter are different.

2.   The graph below shows the average daily high temperature in five cities: Liverpool, England (53 degrees north latitude); Los Angeles, Calif. (34 degrees north latitude); Singapore (1 degree north latitude); Johannesburg, South Africa (26 degrees south latitude); and Punta Arenas (53 degrees south latitude), Chile.

When is it summer in Los Angeles?  What evidence do you have from the graph that supports your answer?

When it is summer for Los Angeles, what season is it for the following cities?

Liverpool: _______________

Johannesburg: ________________

Punta Arentas: ________________

Why is the  graph for Singapore nearly flat? 

Based on the graph, what can you conclude about how the seasons change in different parts of the world? 

3. The graph below shows the length of the day at various northern latitudes.

Based on the graph, what can you conclude about the correlation between the length of the day and the season?