Climate Regions

Question 0

Climate Region- ?

Precipitation-less than 25 cm a year

Temperature-cold or hot depending on the area

Answer 0

Climate region- dry

Question 1

Climate Region- Tropical Rainy

Precipitation-?

Temperature- always 18* C

Answer 1

Precipitation- Heavy Precipitation

Question 2

Climate Region- Temperate Marine

Precipitation- ?

Temperature- average of 10* C warm
Between -3* C or 18* C Cold

Answer 2

Precipitation- mild rainy winters and summer it vary’s per year

Question 3

Climate Region- ?

Precipitation- moderate amounts of rain in the summer smaller amounts of rain or snow fall in Winter.

Temperature- average of 10* C or above warmest -3* C or below in coldest

Answer 3

Temperate Continental

Question 4

Climate Region- ?

Precipitation- relatively dry because the air holds little moisture. Snow and ice

Temperature- below 10* C in warmest month

Answer 4

Polar

Question 5

Climate Region- highlands

Precipitation- precipitation also increases as air masses carrying moisture passes over highland areas

Temperature- ?

Answer 5

Cooler temp than nearby low lands.

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Temperature and Precipitation

Question 7

List one of the six climate regions

Answer 7

Tropical Rain

Question 8

List one of the six climate regions

Answer 8

Dry

Question 9

List one of the six climate regions

Answer 9

Temperate marine

Question 10

List one of the six climate regions

Answer 10

Temperate Continental

Question 11

List one of the six climate regions

Answer 11

Polar

Question 12

List one of the six climate regions

Answer 12

Highlands

Question 13

T or F

Climate regions are marked by clear boundaries

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Which ones are true about a tropical wet climate?
A. It has heavy rainfall year-round
B. It is hot year-round
C. Rainforests grow in this type of climate
D. Florida has this type of climate

Answer 14

A, B, C.

Question 15

Which one(s) are true about a tropical wet-and-dry climate?
A. It has a rainy season and a dry season
B. It is hie year-round
C. Grasslands grow in this type of climate
D. Hawaii has this type of climate

Answer 15

A, B, C.

Question 16

Circle the letters of each choice of provides evidence of ancient climates

A. Fossils
B. Tree rings
C. Pollen records
D. weather maps

Answer 16

B, C

Question 17

Is the following sentence sure false send tree ring indicates of the year was warm or wet.

Answer 17

False.

Question 18

Scientists can enter information about ancient climates by identifying to the type of _______ deposited by years ago

Answer 18

Pollen

Question 19

How was volcanic activity possibly affected solar radiation and temperatures

Answer 19

Major volcanic eruptions release huge quantities of gas and Ash into the atmosphere. These materials can stay in the upper atmosphere for months or years the ash and gases in the incoming radiation and they may lower temperatures

Question 20

Circling the letter of each sentence that is true but the movement of Earths
continents
A earths continents have always been located where they are now
B most of the land on earth was once part of a single continent
C continents now in the polar zones a were once near the equator
DThe movement of continents has no effect on climates

Answer 20

B, C

Question 21

Is the following sentence true false it is colder in the winter in the northern hemisphere because earth is ffarther from sun

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Circle Each sentence that is true about earths axis
A. The axis always point the same direction
B The north end of the axis is tilted away from the sun all year
C when is the summer in the southern hemisphere the south end of the axis is tilted towards the sun
D in March and September near end of the axis is tilted towards the sun

Answer 22

A

Question 23

Arid regions which get lesson 20 of centers of rain each year are also called _____

Answer 23

Desert

Question 24

Where are Arid climates in the US?

Answer 24

California, the Great Basin, South western U.S.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Steppe

Question 26

The step he region of the US is the_____

Answer 26

The Great Plains

Question 27

Marine West Coast
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Pacific Northwest

Answer 27

Cool and wet

Question 28

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Dry and warm
California

Answer 28

Mediterranean

Question 29

Humid tropical
warm and wet
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Answer 29

SE US

Question 30

Write a statement that describes the relationship between location and temperature of a temperate marine climate in the US

Answer 30

Because it’s by the ocean it will bring human Ocean air and it will bring mild rainy winters

Question 31

Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about a temperate continental climate
A they are found in both the northern and southern hemisphere’s
B they are greatly influenced by oceans
C they have extremes of temperatures
D they are found in the northeastern United States

Answer 31

C, D

Question 32

The fonts and then stir frost humid continental climate receive less precipitation in summer than in the winter

Answer 32

False

Question 33

What are summers and winters like in subarctic climate

Answer 33

Summers= short and cool
Winters= long and Bitterly cold

Question 34

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

Answer 34

true

Question 35

Is the following sentence true or false plants cannot grow in ice cap Climates

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Permanently frozen tundra soil is called

Answer 36

Permafrost

Question 37

How do Highland climates differ from climates of the regions that surround them

Answer 37

Highland climates are colder than the regions around them

Question 38

The climate above the tree line is that like of the

Answer 38

tundra