1. Find and have access to a set of Rainfall and Temperature data (monthly average) over a period of time (years) of Port Moresby. Include and present the data in your assignment (Table form) and quote the source/reference.
1. Find and have access to a set of Rainfall and Temperature data (monthly average) over a period of time (years) of Port Moresby. Include and present the data in your assignment (Table form) and quote the source/reference.
2. Use the monthly average Rainfall and Temperature data to plot a typical Temperature-Rainfall graph (one graph, different plots and labels on either y-axis) of Port Moresby. (Similar to those graphs you find in the Unit 10: Climate Classification and Regions of the World in the Readings).
3. Describe the general patterns of rainfall and temperature of Port Moresby? What is/are the relationship(s) between rainfall and temperature? (Remember that whichever period of data set for Port Moresby you use (or any other place), the trend/pattern and data ranges will be similar/same as this is the climate pattern of Port Moresby.
4. Explain and give reasons why your rainfall and temperature plots of Port Moresby show this/these pattern(s)? Explain why the Northern part of the country is generally wetter that the southern part?
5. Explain the relationship of the climate of Port Moresby to its vegetation. Discuss how responsive is the Port Moresby’s vegetation to its climate. (This is not only the description of vegetation, but the relationship to each other. How are vegetation behaving the way they are and at different times of the year)
6. Describe, with examples, how the tropical savannah climate of Port Moresby affects the lives of people dwelling in and around the city?
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