Science Quarter 4

• The Philippine archipelago is located within the tropical zone, where temperatures are generally warm.
• • The Philippines is an archipelagic country with 7,107 islands.
• • The Philippines has a humid subtropical climate and a weather that is characterized relatively high temperature, stifling humidity and a lot of rainfall
• • The Philippines is located near the equator
  • It lies between 5 and 20 degrees north of the equator
  • The Philippines is an archipelago
  • The geographical and physical conditions of the Philippines affect its climate
• Types of Climate in the Philippines

  • Weather is the day-to-day or short-term condition of the atmosphere
  • Repeating weather condition over a period of time is called a weather pattern
  • The weather pattern in a certain area over a long period of time is the area's climate
  • In the Philippines the climate can be divided into two distinct seasons: The dry season and the wet season
  • The dry season occurs from December to May
  • The wet season occurs from June to November
  • The dry season is divided into cool dry season (December to Febuary) and hot dry season (March to May)
• The dry season is subdivided into two distinct seasons. The ____ ___ season and ___ ___ season

  Cool dry season and Hot dry season
• The Philippines is between _ and __ degrees north of the equator

  5 and 20 degrees
• What conditions of the Philippines affect its climate?

  Geographical and physical condition