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Weather and Climate  Collect relevant information about the ‘Beijing 2008 Olympic Games’ from the Internet. Jot down some notes about it (e.g. dates, location of the Olympic Village) in the box below.  1. a) With information on the website below (or other relevant websites you find), draw a climatic graph of Beijing. Figure 1 A climatic graph of Beijing Based on Figure 1 and the information you find on the Internet, describe the climatic characteristics of Beijing. a) Browse the websites suggested below.  i) What kinds of climatic hazards may be found in Beijing? What are the relationships among the climatic hazards mentioned in b)i) above? Based on all the information in this part, what kinds of clothing and things will you prepare for your trip to Beijing?  A. What is a sandstorm? What will happen when sandstorms occur? a) To know what happens when sandstorms occur, you look at the following websites: Look at the satellite images and the photos on these websites, describe the conditions when sandstorms occur. Satellite images Photos c) The followings are the descriptions about sandstorms given by different people who have experienced sandstorms in China. Read through these interviews and summarise the phenomenon that happens during sandstorms. An official in Xinjiang  A resident in Gansu Province  d) Look at Information Folder (1) (P. 2), list out the conditions which are needed to define the phenomenon as a sandstorm. B. Where does the sand come from? 1. Having an understanding about what sandstorm is, you want to know where the sand comes from. You look at an atlas to find out the sources of sand from the following report. 2. Plot ‘Beijing’ on Figure 2. Shade the above mentioned areas on the map and add a caption. Figure 2 _____________________