Temperate climate

climate, essay, research, assessment, project

1. Year 8.1 Humanities
Monday 24th, January 2011
Essay
In this essay we are to talk about a specific climate zone and how it effects our diet,
appearance, habits and lifestyles. The key point in this subject is climate. Climate is the
average weather condition observed in a long period of time in a specific place. There
were three choices of climate zones tropical, temperate and polar. Three very different
climates in different parts of earth. I chose to research on temperate climate zone. The
reason is because the place I live in is one of the temperate climate zones but I don’t know
a lot about the animals, vegetation, diet and many other facts of my home country and
other countries that are considered to be in the same category of climate.
Temperate climate zones are all around the world, the UK and Hong Kong. These
countries all have warm months of Summer and Spring and cold months of Winter and
Autumn, the weather changes a lot, it has a varied temperature that is very surprising
when it drops to a low temperature and rises quickly. In the UK it can snow in the winter if
it gets temperature of below zero but in Hong Kong the temperature never drops below
zero. Therefore, it wouldn’t snow because we are not very far away from the equator but
not very close either. Hong Kong doesn’t snow like other temperate climate countries but
is also considered as a temperate climate zone due to it’s rising and dropping temperature.
The temperate climate isn’t the best environment for some of the animals, even though we
have an average temperature for them to live in this habitat but animals that can adapt well
lives here. Though, there are not many variety of species but a large number of each
species. We can see animals like dogs, cats, red deers, foxes, rabbits, badger, weasel,
hedgehog, poisonous snakes, adders and many more species in the UK. Hong Kong you
may be able to find bats, monkeys, porcupines, squirrels, dolphins, whales, red fox, otters,
badgers, cats, dogs, different species of wild birds, turtles, tortoises, pythons, newts, frogs
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2. and many other species. In these countries we can see that many similar species live
there because they are all temperate climate zones.
In this climate environment it might not be the best for many species of
animals but it is surprising that these zones are better for vegetation. In
Hong Kong vegetations like orchids, lilies, bellflowers, camellias,
magnolias, chinese new year sunflowers, irises, ferns, and many
others are planted. In the UK there are more varieties of vegetation
that can be found and grown due to more mass of land; vegetations
like roses, clovers, snowdrops, daisies, orchids, bluebells, irises, heathers, violets,
mistletoes, oak trees, sweet chestnut trees, hazel trees, hawthorn trees, birch trees, beech
trees, blackthorn trees and many others.There are many similar vegetations from these
countries far away from one another but yet have the same climate. Therefore, they have
some similar vegetations.
Diets are have a wide variety throughout different climate zones (countries). In countries
like Hong Kong our diet mostly contains grown crops, dairy products, poultry and seafood.
Seafood is one of the options because Hong Kong is not landlocked but is close to the
sea. Hong Kong people eat many fruit and vegetables but many don’t come from Hong
Kong itself, most of them are imported from many different countries. The dairy products
are also imported from many different countries to Hong Kong, because in Hong Kong
there aren’t many farms left to grow crops and to keep farm animals. The dairy products
include milk, cheese, yogurt, cream, butter and milk powder. In the UK their diet mostly
contains grown crops, dairy products, meat and poultry. These the common diets of
temperate climate zones. As you can see they mainly grow crops or eat meat of animals
that they have taken care of or have hunted down. They feed those animals healthy grown
crops, when they are ready they become the food themselves. It is best to give the
animals and people healthy organic grown crops to eat because if the plants have artificial
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Snowdrops
Bellflowers

3. additives it may harm or poison the animals and continue through the food chain. It may
lead to many illness, disease or death. Artificial additives are added to prevent bugs from
the vegetation, there are many bugs in this temperate climate during Spring and Summer.
Your lifestyle and where you live depends on what climate zone you live in, if you live in
temperate climate then your house would be designed and built for keeping cool in the
heat. Despite, the temperature difference between two zones, the tropical climate zones
have similar building structures of houses to keep cool. The polar climate zone has a very
different building structure to keep the heat in instead of out to keep warm through the
whole year. The temperate would have high ceilings, lots of windows and glass and an air
conditioner. The polar would have small windows and low ceilings to keep the heat
indoors. In the winter and it’s cold there’s either a heater or a fireplace in Hong Kong,
America, Europe and the UK. You could live in a higher place of the country to keep cool
in months of Summer and Spring but it will get colder in Autumn and Winter months. It is
not especially designed to be balanced for hot and cold temperature. In the UK there are
more land to build houses and buildings on, most of their houses have slanted roof
because they don’t need that space since most of the houses have gardens. Furthermore,
to help slide snow off during Winter and letting rain slide off during rainy days to prevent
snow and rain staying on the roof or flooding it. In Hong Kong there aren’t a lot of land
space to build a lot of houses, therefore, we mostly have
apartments and tall buildings. In Hong Kong there are some
houses that has slanted roofs and some has an open space to act
as a garden or for other uses, some only has balconies. Some
apartments have an open space at the very top of the building, if
they live on levels that are in the middle of an apartment or at
the bottom they can only have a balcony. These flat roof tops in
Hong Kong have drain pipes that help rain water travel onto the
ground and not flood the roof but the flat roof tops in the UK may
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Winter (Wooly) Boots
Summer (Leather) Boots

4. have a harder time clearing the water. There may be snow that are stuck in the drain pipes
that lead to the ground, it will prevent the water from traveling down and flood the roof. Or
water that are in the drain pipe may froze inside causing another trouble for the drainage
system.
The clothes we wear in temperate climate are similar to the
tropical climate zone during the summer and spring but there
is a big difference between the clothing we wear in temperate
and polar climate zones. The clothes we wear are a wide
variety, because the temperature drops and rises too often.
In months of Summer and Spring we should either dress in cotton, silk or linen clothing to
keep cool but warm at the same time. Best to wear light colored clothing during these
months will also help you keep cool by reflecting sunlight (heat) away from you and black
absorbs the sunlight (heat), it is best for months of Autumn and Winter. Add sweaters and
coats in Autumn and Winter to keep warm during some chilly temperature. If it is still chilly
and cold then add more clothing like scarves, woolen hats, mittens, ear muffs and other
warm clothing to keep warm as warm as possible. As for footwear we wear wooly boots,
high heels, trainers, sneakers and other foot wear that wraps around your whole feet to
keep them warm and comfy during the months of Winter and Autumn. In Summer we still
wear sneakers, trainers, and leather boots on occasions. We also wear sandals, flip-flops,
slippers and high heels because they don’t wrap around the feet and keep heat in.
Many of us likes to play sports, in Summer to Spring we have a big variety because it’s
going to be windy and not too hot. We can play cricket, football, lawn tennis, golf, rugby,
horse riding, basket ball, cross country, roller skating, biking and boat riding. Those were
outdoor sports but we play indoor sports too, that way we can control the temperature and
not get disturbed by the weather or season outside. In the indoors we can play swimming,
squash and ice skating; we have indoor swimming pools to keep the water warm and not
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Squash

5. cold during Autumn and Winter. Squash is a sport that can only be played indoors and ice
skating can also be indoors so you can skate during the summer too. You can’t skate
outside during warm weather in lakes, they would all have melted away. During Winter in
the UK you can skate on frozen lakes, ski down a hill of snow if it snows hard the day
before and if it is cold enough to freeze lakes and other liquid in the outdoors. Hong Kong
doesn’t snow and isn’t cold enough to freeze things that are in the outdoors. Therefore, in
Hong Kong we continue to play some sports that we play during Summer and Spring.
Hong Kong doesn’t snow because it is not too far or too close to the equator or the two
polars.
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