Chapter 17- Climate

Question 1

What is the average weather condition in an area over a long period of time?

Answer 1

Climate

Question 2

What is the distance north or south of the equator; expressed in degrees?

Answer 2

Latitude

Question 3

What are winds that blow mainly from one direction during a given period?

Answer 3

Prevailing winds

Question 4

What is the height of an object above sea level?

Answer 4

Elevation

Question 5

What is a horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean’s surface?

Answer 5

Surface current

Question 6

What is a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities?

Answer 6

Biome

Question 7

What is the region that surrounds the equator and that extends from about 23.5 degrees north latitude to 23.5 degrees south latitude?

Answer 7

Tropical zone

Question 8

What is the climate zone between the Tropics and the polar zone?

Answer 8

Temperate zone

Question 9

What is the North or South Pole and its surrounding area?

Answer 9

Polar zone

Question 10

What is the climate of a small area?

Answer 10

Microclimate

Question 11

What is a long period of climate cooling during which ice sheets cover large areas of Earth’s surface; also known as glacial period?

Answer 11

Ice age

Question 12

What is a gradual increase in the average global temperature?

Answer 12

Global warming

Question 13

What is the warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases in the air absorb and trap thermal energy?

Answer 13

Greenhouse effect

Question 14

What is the short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, and visibility?

Answer 14

Weather