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You have learnt the following:
• What is weather
• Weather symbols and weather charts
• Weather instruments
• Weather forecast
• Howweatherinuencesourdailylife.
Do you remember what is weather?
There are two aspects of weather which people discuss about very often.
These are rainfall and temperature. We shall study temperature and rainfall in greater
detail and discuss how they are distributed in Mauritius and Rodrigues.
In addition, we shall learn about the changes occurring in the climate around the world.
At the end of this unit, you will be able to:
•describe the temperature over the earth’s surface;
•describe the temperature in Mauritius and Rodrigues;
•explain how temperature changes from place to place in Mauritius and Rodrigues;
•read and interpret isotherm maps;
•describe and explain the formation of relief and convectional rains;
•differentiate between convectional rain and relief rain;
•read and interpret isohyet maps of Mauritius and Rodrigues;
•describe and explain the distribution of rainfall in Mauritius and Rodrigues;
•describe the changes occurring in the climate.
WEATHER & CLIMATE
Topic 1 TEMPERATURE