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    This document is a student worksheet about climate zones in Australia. It instructs students to look up climate data for four Australian cities - Darwin, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart - and record information about maximum temperature, minimum temperature and annual rainfall in a table. It notes that Darwin has a tropical climate with high humidity and is prone to tropical cyclones between November and May. Students are then asked questions about the challenges of Darwin's climate, the relative merits of the climates in Brisbane, Perth and Hobart, which climate they would prefer, and why many Australians believe Brisbane has the most liveable climate.

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    This document is a student worksheet about climate zones in Australia. It instructs students to look up climate data for four Australian cities - Darwin, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart - and record information about maximum temperature, minimum temperature and annual rainfall in a table. It notes that Darwin has a tropical climate with high humidity and is prone to tropical cyclones between November and May. Students are then asked questions about the challenges of Darwin's climate, the relative merits of the climates in Brisbane, Perth and Hobart, which climate they would prefer, and why many Australians believe Brisbane has the most liveable climate.

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    This document is a student worksheet about climate zones in Australia. It instructs students to look up climate data for four Australian cities - Darwin, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart - and record information about maximum temperature, minimum temperature and annual rainfall in a table. It notes that Darwin has a tropical climate with high humidity and is prone to tropical cyclones between November and May. Students are then asked questions about the challenges of Darwin's climate, the relative merits of the climates in Brisbane, Perth and Hobart, which climate they would prefer, and why many Australians believe Brisbane has the most liveable climate.

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    Climate and Liveability

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    This document is a student worksheet about climate zones in Australia. It instructs students to look up climate data for four Australian cities - Darwin, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart - and record information about maximum temperature, minimum temperature and annual rainfall in a table. It notes that Darwin has a tropical climate with high humidity and is prone to tropical cyclones between November and May. Students are then asked questions about the challenges of Darwin's climate, the relative merits of the climates in Brisbane, Perth and Hobart, which climate they would prefer, and why many Australians believe Brisbane has the most liveable climate.

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    Student worksheet

    5.2 Climate
    Pages 148–149

    Climate and liveability


    1 Look at the image below and record the climate zone for the following Australian cities: Darwin,
    Brisbane, Perth and Hobart. Write your answers in the table on the next page.

    WORLD: CLIMATE ZONES

    Source: Oxford University Press

    © Oxford University Press 2016 1


    Oxford Big Ideas Humanities 7 Victorian Curriculum Teacher obook assess ISBN 9780190307363
    Permission has been granted for this page to be photocopied within the purchasing institution only.
    2 Use the Bureau of Meteorology’s website ‘Climate Data Online’ (www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/) to
    complete the table. Follow the step by step guide below.

    Example: Darwin

    Step 1: Go to ‘Climate Data Online’.

    Step 2: Click on ‘Select using Map’.

    Step 3: Select ‘I would like climate statistics’.

    Step 4: Enter location (e.g. Darwin) and hit ‘Search’.

    Step 5: Select town (e.g. ‘Darwin, NT’) in the drop-down menu.

    Step 6: Click on the map at Darwin Airport.

    Step 7: Click on ‘Monthly climate stats’ in the pop-up text box and a table with monthly climate
    statistics will appear.

    Step 8: Find the row of data you require and click on the graph symbol on the far right-hand side. The
    site will create a line or bar graph for the relevant data and also display the statistics underneath.

    Location Climate zone (see Maximum Minimum Annual average


    Source 1 on page temperature (°C) temperature (°C) rainfall (mm)
    149 in your
    Student book)
    Darwin, Northern
    Territory

    Brisbane,
    Queensland

    Perth, Western
    Australia

    Hobart, Tasmania

    © Oxford University Press 2016 2


    Oxford Big Ideas Humanities 7 Victorian Curriculum Teacher obook assess ISBN 9780190307363
    Permission has been granted for this page to be photocopied within the purchasing institution only.
    Note that an additional factor to consider is that Darwin is prone to tropical cyclones from November to
    May. It is also very humid, meaning there is a high percentage of water vapour in the atmosphere. This
    makes the weather very uncomfortable.

    3 What do you think might be difficult for many people about Darwin’s climate?

    4 Discuss the relative merits of the climate in Brisbane, Perth and Hobart.

    5 Which climate would you prefer to live in and why?

    6 Why do you think the majority of Australians believe Brisbane has the most liveable climate?

    © Oxford University Press 2016 3


    Oxford Big Ideas Humanities 7 Victorian Curriculum Teacher obook assess ISBN 9780190307363
    Permission has been granted for this page to be photocopied within the purchasing institution only.

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