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1
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What are two major factors that scientists use to classify climates?

A

Temperature

Precipitation

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2
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List the six major climate regions

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Tropical Rainy
Dry
Temperate Marine
Temperate Continental
Polar
Highlands
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Is the following sentence true or false? Climate regions are marked by clear boundaries.

A

False

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4
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It has a rainy season and a dry season
It is hot year round
Grasslands grow in this type of climate

A

Tropical wet and dry

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5
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It has heavy rainfall year round
It is hot year round
Rainforest grow in this type of climate

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Tropical wet

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6
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Arid regions which get less than 25cm of rain every year

A

Deserts

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7
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Where are arid climates in the U.S.?

A

Portions of California
The Great Basin
and the Southwest

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An area that is dry but gets enough rainfall for short grasses and low bushes to grow

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Steppe

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9
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Where we live

A

Humid subtropical
Wet and warm
Southeastern U.S.

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10
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They have extremes of temperature

They are found in the Northeastern U.S.

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Temperate continental

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Is the following sentence true or false? The polar climate is the coldest climate regions?

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True

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Is the following sentence true or false? Plants cannot grow in ice cap climates?

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False

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13
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What types of plants grow in ice caps?

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Lichens and small plants

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Permanently frozen tundra soil is called?

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Permafrost

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15
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Evidence of climate changes in history

A

Tree rings
Pollen
Fossils

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16
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Is the following sentence true or false? A thin tree ring indicates that the year was warm or wet?

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False
Thin = Dry and cool
Thick = Warm and wet

17
Q

Scientists can infer information about ancient climates by identifying the type of _____ deposited by plants long ago.

A

Pollen

18
Q

How has volcanic activity possibly affected solar radiation and temperatures?

A

Scientists think that the gases and ash filter out some of the incoming solar radiation, and may lower temperatures

19
Q

What did Kopen consider about classifying climates?

A

Vegetation

20
Q

How long is an earth year?

A

365.25 days

21
Q

How long is an earth day?

A

24 Hours

22
Q

What planets day is longer than its year?

A

Venus

23
Q

Most of the land on earth was once part of a single continent
Continents now in the polar zones were once near the equator

A

Movement of earths continents (Pangaea)

24
Q

Is the following sentence true or false? It is colder in the winter in the northern hemisphere because earth is farther from the sun?

A

False

25
Q

Earth’s axis?

A

Always points in the same direction

23.5 degrees

26
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All the continents were once connected

A

Pangaea

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