Science AP Gr.10 - Climatographs questions PDF

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SNC 2DP - Analysis Questions assignment 1. There are no clear patterns that I observe occurring for the monthly temperature and precipitation over the years of 1840 - 1859. However, there are a few changes I can see. There is a sudden change for the average precipitation and temperature of February. In January, the average precipitation is 36mm and then it dropped by 10mm for February. After that, from February to March, the precipitation increased from 26mm to 39mm.This means that early in the year, the precipitation was not consistent at all; it went from up, down, and then back up. The same thing happened to the temp. as well. The most significant changes occurred in the fall months. From August to September there was a 30mm increase in precipitation. The average precipitation in August to September increased from 74 - 104mm. After this large increase, from September to October, it suddenly decreased by almost 45mm! This was the most obvious change that occurred in the climate data for Toronto in 1840-1859. I believe there is a relationship because as the temperature increased, the precipitation did as well. This is shown in the climate graph because when the lines continue upwards the bars have a steady increase too. 2. In this climatograph, the pattern is that at lower temperatures the amount of precipitation decreases and at higher temperatures the amount of precipitation increases. All the precipitation levels are around the same and do not have any major changes. There is no gradual increase or decrease as the months progress throughout the year. The graph also shows that the temperatures are rising more than in 1840 - 1859. There is no relationship between temperature and precipitation because the data tells us that the monthly precipitation amount all remained at around the same level when the tempute was increasing decreasing on its own.

Comparison: The two graphs are similar in their temperature levels as they both increased and decreased for the same months. The two graphs are different in their precipitation amounts because in the graph for 1840 -1859, the bar levels are not consistent and have major increase and decrease in precipitation changes while the bars for 1971 - 2000 all stay at around the same level.

Forming Conclusions Factors that could have affected the climate between 1850 and 2000 are: - The growing industry of fossil fuels - Pollution due to the increase of cars - Greenhouse gases Yes I would feel confident about making a statement about climate change in toronto based on the climatograph information because it proves that climate change is real and becoming an

increasing issue. The climate in Toronto and across the world is growing warmer and warmer every day and if humans don't change their ways soon, Earth will become unsustainable for us to live. In my opinion, there is no way we can stop climate change now for it has gone too far, but we can reduce our ecological footprint. We can change little things in our daily lives from taking public transportation or carpool instead of driving your own car and using a reusable water bottle instead of plastic ones. Climatographs are constructed for data averaged over 30 years rather than for data gathered over 1 year because it takes many years to determine an average climate. 1 year is not enough information to determine the climate as some years may be unusually cold or hot....