Climate Types
Can you see the cycle of seasons from space?
Goal:
Goal:
NASA scientists created this animation by using satellite images of the same view of Earth every month for one full year. Look closely--do you see how Earth changes from one month to the next? Can you identify the dry, continental, tropical, polar, and temperate areas?
After watching the animation, see if you can think of the region or climate that fits each description below. Then, click the description to see if you were right.
| Description of Climate | Type of Climate |
| close to the equator | tropical |
| consistently cold temperatures | polar |
| summers hot, winters mild | mild/temperate |
| less than 25 cm of rain per year | dry/arid |
| interior of continent | continental |