When we rik-kord weather Rain and temp we measure For thirty years, at least What's decreased or increased Our climate, we will know On climate graph, we'll show Rain as bars, temp as line Months on X-axis below See driest and the wettest Coldest and the warmest And so comprehend Average and the trend [Break] Five climate zones there are Where rain and temperature Patterns you will see Of similarity [Break] Tropical, Temm-purr-rutt Tundra, Polar, Dez-urtt Though some add a sixth: Throw Highland in the mix [Break] And deserts, you should know Can be made of snow For low precipitation Drives their designation [Break] Broadly, we can say As you move away From the Earth's Equator Where sunlight is greater Concentrated, overhead Go north or south, it's more spread [Break] Over wider area Due to angle lower So climate zones get colder Till at last they're Polar [Break] Whose whiteness has effect To heat energy reflect Right back into space For a still colder place [Break] Hot all year round High total rainfall Near Equator found That's climate Tropical [Break] United Amazonia Congo, Central Africa South and South-East Asia And Northern Australia Plus Central America: Rainforests, savanna [Break] Summers cool or warm Rainfall modd-durr-rutt Winters cold or mild That's climate Temm-purr-rutt [Break] New Zealand, Western Europe Coastal North America Pampas Argentina And East Asia Central Chile and the Med Temm-purr-rutt has quite the spread [Break] When we rik-kord weather Rain and temp we measure For thirty years, at least What's decreased or increased Our climate, we will know On climate graph, we'll show Rain as bars, temp as line Months on X-axis below See driest and the wettest Coldest and the warmest And so comprehend Average and the trend [Break] Precipitation low That mostly falls as snow Where permafrost is found Enduring frozen ground [Break] Extremely cold, of course Winds that blow with such force Flora, fauna, sparse and low Climate Tundra is just-so Life barely survivable; At edge of Arctic Circle [Break] Now to climate Polar Colder even than Tundra Found at the Arctic And Antarctica [Break] Winters dark and lengthy Summers cool, if any Wrapped in ice and snow Glaciers that flow slow [Break] Icebergs in the sea Can sink ships easily With the only Life Highly specialized Penguins, polar bears Whales, seals, foxes, hares [Break] In temp opposite Is a Dez-urtt climate [Break] Burning hot in summer Though some see winter snow With high evaporation; Precipitation low [Break] Nights that may be freezing Existence challenging [Break] Ground that's sandy or rocky The Sahara, and Gobi Arabian, Australian With sandstorms born of the Sun [Break] But more than latitude There's also altitude That's height above the sea So mountains will colder be [Break] With more rain and snow Compared to places low If all else stays the same This clause must we proclaim! [Break] Too are wetter, warmer Places close to water When warm currents flow From Gulf of Mexico [Break] To the British Isles It makes the winters mild Yet we also see Coasts are made chilly [Break] From colder water flows The Labrador Current goes From Arctic, around Greenland To Quebec and New-found-land [Break] When we rik-kord weather Rain and temp we measure For thirty years, at least What's decreased or increased Our climate, we will know On climate graph, we'll show Rain as bars, temp as line Months on X-axis below See driest and the wettest Coldest and the warmest And so comprehend Average and the trend
