Climate and Human-Environment Interaction

Question 1

Climate Characteristics

Answer 1

Precipitation and Temperature

Question 2

Generally climates are warmer near the equator and cooler near the North Pole and South Pole

Answer 2

Latitude

Question 3

blow in the same direction

Answer 3

Prevailing Winds

Question 4

calm area near the equator

Answer 4

Doldrums

Question 5

Blow from the east to west between 30N and 30S (low latitudes)

Answer 5

Trade Winds

Question 6

blow from the west to the east 30-60N, 30-60S (middle latitude)

Answer 6

Westerlies

Question 7

blow from the east to the west in 60-90N, 60-90S (high latitudes)

Answer 7

Polar Easterlies

Question 8

cooler air and increased winds (high or low altitude)

Answer 8

high

Question 9

Answer 9

orographic effect

Question 10

water heats and cools ____ than land which is who coastal rehions have _____ extream seasons (slower or faster, more or less)

Answer 10

slower, less

Question 11

warmer currents = ______ coastal regions

Answer 11

warmer

Question 12

cold currents = _____ coastal areas

Answer 12

drier

Question 13

certain extreme weather patterns occur predominantly in specific climate regions

Answer 13

weather phenomena

Question 14

winds caused by shifts in pressure systems, occur in south and southeast Asia and southwestern US

Answer 14

Monsoons

Question 15

impact western pacific ocean, cyclonic wind storms, carry lots of moisture due to forming over ocean

Answer 15

Typhoons

Question 16

impact atlantic ocean and eastern pacific ocean, cyclonic wind storms, carry lots of moisture due to forming over ocean

Answer 16

Hurricanes

Question 17

Rotating storm, forms most often over land, occurs most frequently in North America but can occur all continents exect Antarctica

Answer 17

Tornados

Question 18

How does climate affect people?

Answer 18

What crops they grow
What clothing they wear
What housing they build
What natural hazards they encounter

Question 19

Terracing in China and Southeast Asia
Polders in the Netherlands
Deforestation
Desertification

Answer 19

Landscape Changes

Question 20

Acid Rain in Germany, Scandinavia, China, and Eastern North America

Answer 20

Environmental Changes

Question 21

Air Polluition in LA and Mexico City
Water pollution like the oil spills in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico
Soil contamination like in Chernobyl (nuclear accident

Answer 21

Pollution

Question 22

Affecting Sea Levels, temperatures, and weather patterns

Answer 22

Climate Change

Question 23

Help us use more land for planting crops and raising livestock

Answer 23

Fertilizers and mechanization

Question 24

Fossil fuels, nuclear, hydroelectric wind and solar

Answer 24

increase demand for energy and increase in types of energy we can access

Question 25

Roads, railways, suburbs, mass/rapid transport

Answer 25

change in transportation

Question 26

more parking lots and suburbs

Answer 26

increase use of automobiles

Question 27

airport expansion and noise

Answer 27

more airplanes

Question 28

how has technology impacted the environment?

Answer 28

Fertilizers and mechanization
Increase demand for energy and increase in types of energy we can access
change in transportation
increase use of automobiles
more airplanes

Question 29

people live in previously uninhabitable areas

Answer 29

Settlement patterns

Question 30

traditionally used what was nearby, more developed regions import these

Answer 30

Housing materials

Question 31

raise crops and animals based on climate

Answer 31

Agricultural activity

Question 32

climate dictates certain types of this

Answer 32

types of recreation

Question 33

as areas expand to these we build better buildings, plan evacuations and attempt to minimize the effects

Answer 33

need for disaster planning

Question 34

how the environment impacts humans

Answer 34

settlement patterns
houseing materials
agurcultural activity
types of recreation
transportation patterns
need for disaster planning