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a Drow o graph to show these temperatures.
b Copy and complete the following statements about Alaska.
1 ~:km nt 1s used to The highest monthly temperature ( ... °C) is 111 ....•.......
Temperature ('C) ~ temperature The lowest monthly temperature ( ... ' C) is In ........... .
The range in the mean monthly temperatures is ... •c.
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• Choose a suitable graph paper to display this information.
• Copy and complete the temperature graph. 13] Show how you calculate the range in
• Join the remaining points to create a smooth curve.
mean monthly temperatures for these places.
II] This table shows the mean monthly temperatures for Greenland.
Month FMAMJJASO N D Place Mean monthly temperatures {°C)
Temperature (°C) -10 · 12 -a ·e 0 6 I 4 3 -1 -5 -9 F M A M J J A S 0 N D a Practical: draw a graph showing
a Seoul, South Korea -5 -2 3 11 16 21 25 27 20 13 6 ·2
10 the mean monthly temperatures
Temperature ('C) b Quebec,Conodo · 13 ·11 -5 3 10 17 19 18 13 7 ·1 -g
c Rigo, Latvia ·1 -5 -3 5 11 15 17 15 13 1 2 ·4 given in the table.
• Copy the oxes J F M A M J J A S 0 N D d Ulan Bator, Mongolia ·2e · 13 ·1 6 14 17 15 8 ·1 ·13 ·22
shown and ·5
complete this ·10 e Helsinki, Finland -5 ·1 -4 3 g 14 1a 16 12 6 1 -2
temperature graph. ·2 1 8 12 17 16 15 14 9 b The highest monthly temperature
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(4 °C) is in July and August.
The lowest monthly temperature
• Look up similar temperatures for Antarctica.
• Drow o graph of them for o year. (-27°C) is in January.
• Explain why the graph is a different shape from that for Alaska.
The range in the mean monthly
temperature is 31 °c.
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Practical: copy and complete two a The range is 32°C (from -s°C to 27°C including 0°C).
graphs showing the mean monthly
b The range is 32°C (from -13°c to 1 qoc including 0°C).
temperatures given in the tables.
c The range is 24 °C (from -re to 17°C including 0°C).
d The range is 43°C (from -26°C to 17°C including 0°C).
e The range is 25°C (from -1°C to l 8°C including 0°C).

f The range is 1 qoc (from -2°C to 17°C including 0°C).
Challenge

Practical: find mean monthly temperatures for Antarctica and draw a
graph.
The graph is a different shape to that for Alaska because Antarctica is in
the Southern hemisphere so that the coldest months ('winter') in
Antarctica are the hottest months ('summer') in Alaska.