Factors that Affect Climate

Question 1

What is the measure of height above sea level?

Answer 1

Altitude or Elevation

Question 2

What are the lines that show distance North or South of the Equator called?

Answer 2

Lines of Latitiude

Question 3

What latitude line is at 0 degrees?

Answer 3

Equator

Question 4

What is the flow of warm and cold winds across the globe called?

Answer 4

Jet Stream

Question 5

What is the flow of warm and cold waters across the globe called?

Answer 5

Gulf Stream

Question 6

What is the study of the landforms on top of the Earth called?

Answer 6

Topography

Question 7

The parts of this include Evaporation, Precipitation and Condensation

Answer 7

The Water Cycle

Question 8

What stage of the water cycle involves water being heated into a vapor and rising into the air?

Answer 8

Evaporation

Question 9

What stage of the water cycle involves water combing water vapor with colder air and dust particles to form clouds?

Answer 9

Condensation

Question 10

What stage of the water cycle involves rain building up in clouds and falling back to the Earth?

Answer 10

Precipitation

Question 11

What zone is the warmest, wettest and features brighter colors and more scaled animals than the other two zones?

Answer 11

Topical Zone

Question 12

What zone is the coldest year round, features the fewest plants and animals that are often black/white in color?

Answer 12

Polar Zone

Question 13

What zone is most likely to have four seasons and requires and mix of clothing types and housing types?

Answer 13

Temperate Zone

Question 14

What is it called when one side of a mountain gets almost all the rain and the other side os like a desert?

Answer 14

Rain Shadow Effect

Question 15

What zone would you be most likely to find light colored houses with high ceilings, large open windows and doorways and little to no insulation?

Answer 15

Tropical Zone

Question 16

What zone would you be most likely to find houses with low ceilings, small windows and doorways and insulation?

Answer 16

Polar Zone

Question 17

What zone would you be most likely to find houses with a mix of ceiling heights, window types, and insulation amount?

Answer 17

Temperate Zone

Question 18

What zone is found between 0-30 degrees south and 0-30 degrees north latitude?

Answer 18

Tropical Zone

Question 19

What zone is found above 60 degrees south and 60 degrees north latitude?

Answer 19

Polar Zone

Question 20

What zone is found between 30-60 degrees south and 30-60 degrees north latitude?

Answer 20

Temperate Zone

Question 21

What is the pressure pushing down on the air in our atmosphere called?

Answer 21

Atmospheric Pressure

Question 22

What do we call the weather patterns in an area over a thirty year span?

Answer 22

Climate