Science VI Quarter 4 🌨️🌪️💫🌴

• Philippine climate


  Warm and humid year-round, one of the world's calthiest tropical climates
• Seasons in the Philippines

  • Wet
  • Dry
• The solar energy received is the same all throughout the year in the Philippines
• Factors influencing the Philippines' seasons

  • Country's location (latitude)
  • Wind system
  • Bodies of water
  • Amount of rainfall
• Wet season


  1. Rainy season with thunderstorm

  2. Starts in June

  3. Peaks in July to September
• Daytime temperature in wet season

  30 to 36 degree Celsius
• Nighttime temperature in wet season

  21 to 28 degree Celsius
• Wet season


  • Air is hot and humid
  • Brings heavy rains and typhoons
• Rainfall is relatively high in the Philippines, but regional contrast is remarkable</b>
• Precipitation is highest in the area where the southwest monsoon strikes
• During rainy season, it is advisable to carry an umbrella, especially in the late afternoon
• It is during rainy season that the farmers are able to plant crops
• Activities suited for Wet Season

  • Reading books
  • Watching television
  • Writing short stories, poems, and songs
  • Playing musical instruments
  • Blogging
  • Chatting
  • Surfing internet
  • Playing video games
• Dry season


  Characterized by hot and cloudless day
• Between January and May, the climate is generally dry with occasional rain
• The peak of dry season is in April with less rain showers
• Dry season is influenced by

  • Seasonal wind
  • Northeast monsoon (Amihan)
• Northeast breeze from Siberia and northern China

  Cool dry, brings prolonged periods of successive cloudless days
• Daytime temperature in dry season

  25 to 32 degree Celsius
• Nighttime temperature in dry season

  22 degree Celsius
• It is advisable to wear light colored and cotton clothes during warm days to be comfortable
• During summer months, some people go on a vacation
• It is also the time for some people to dry their crops and other good
• Activities suited for Dry Season

  • Outing like picnics
  • Long trips
  • Recreational activities like hiking, swimming, mountain climbing
  • Gardening and house cleaning
  • Drying clothes
  • Ground improvement
• Factors affecting seasons in the Philippines

  • Location (near the equator)
  • Sun's heat causing water evaporation and rainfall
  • Different parts of the country experiencing different seasons
• Terrestrial planets


  Planets made up of solid rocks, also called inner planets as they are closest to the sun
• Jovian planets


  Also called gas giants, they are huge planets made of gas and do not have solid surfaces
• Mercury


  • Closest planet to the sun, 4,879 km in diameter, 57.9 million km from sun, no water or atmosphere, rotates in 58.65 Earth days, revolves in 87.98 Earth days, no moon
• Venus


  • Second planet from sun, 12,104 km in diameter, 108 million km from sun, atmosphere made of carbon dioxide, hottest planet at 460°C, rotates in 243.02 days, revolves in 223.7 Earth days, no moon
• Earth


  • Third planet from sun, only planet known to support life, 12,756 km in diameter, 150 million km from sun, revolves in 365.25 days, rotates in 24 hours, has one moon Luna
• Mars


  • Fourth planet from sun, called the red planet, 6,794 km in diameter, 227.94 million km from sun, thin atmosphere, ice caps, rotates in 24 hours 37 minutes, revolves in 686.99 days, has two moons Deimos and Phobos
• Jupiter


  • Fifth planet from sun, largest planet, 142,984 km in diameter, 778.6 million km from sun, rotates in 9 hours 55 minutes, revolves in 11.86 Earth years, has a red spot and three faint rings
• The sun is the center of the solar system, which includes planets and their satellites
• Planets can be classified into two groups: terrestrial (Earth-like) and Jovian (Jupiter-like)
• Solar system


  Group of heavenly bodies that revolve around the sun
• Planets


  • Terrestrial (Earth-like)
  • Jovian (Jupiter-like)
• Terrestrial or Earth-like planets


  • Made up of solid rocks
  • Closest to the sun
• Mercury


  Planet closest to the sun
• Venus

  Earth's sister planet
• Earth

  The only planet known to support life, thus it is called the living planet