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What does climate depend on?

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Where you live in the world

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Does earth have different climate zones or the same climate everywhere?

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Different climate

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What are earth climate zones?

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Tropical, temperate, polar, dry, highland

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How do Geographers identify an areas climate?

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By looking temperature, precipitation, and native plant life

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What do climate zones relate to?

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Latitude and longitude

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Tropics are near the [blank]

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Equator

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The tropics extend from the [blank] to the [blank]

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The tropics extend from the tropic of cancer to the tropic of capricorn

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Humid tropical climates have what kind of climate?

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Warm, muggy, and rainy climates

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What are humid tropical climates average temp.?

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80 degrease

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How many inches of rain do humid tropical climates get per year?

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450

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Do humid tropical climates have winter?

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No

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Monsoon

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Seasonal winds that bring dry or moist air

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During one time of year moist ocean air creates a what?

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Dry season

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14
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Monsoon areas have a [blank] to

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Dry season

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Is flooding during abnormal and non severe or likely and severe

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Likely and severe

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Tropical rain forest are created by what?

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Warm temp. and heavy rain

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17
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What is the worlds largest rain forest?

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Amazon rain basin

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18
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Do tropical rain forest have little or lots of biodiversity?

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Lots

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19
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Tropical savanna climate is located where?

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North of the humid tropical climate

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Tropical savanna climate has what kind of dry season and how much rain?

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It has a long hot dry season and few periods of rain

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21
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Does tropical get as much rain as humid tropical?

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No

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Does tropical savanna get enough rain to support a forest?

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No

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Savanna

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Areas of tall grass, trees, and shrubs

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24
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What is the hottest and driest climate?

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The desert

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How much rain does the desert receive a year?

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Less than 10 inches

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How much life is in the desert?

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Little life

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Why do the plants in the desert grow far apart?

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So they don’t compete for water

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What kind off days ad what kind of nights?

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Hot days and cool nights

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29
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Deserts are bordered by what?

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Steppes

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Steppes

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Semi- dry grassland

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31
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Do steppes receive more or less rain than deserts?

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More

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32
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What kind of plants grow there?

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Short grasses most common but shrubs and trees grow there to

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Temperate climates have what kind of climate?

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Mild

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Temperate climates have how many seasons?

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4

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What kind of summers?

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Warm, wet summers

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What kind of winters?

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cool, cold winters

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Temperate climates are found where?

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Half way between the equator and the poles

38
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Most Americans live in what kind of climate?

A

Temperate climate

39
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Air from the tropics and the poles meet where?

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In the temperate zone

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Are their more than one type of temperate climate?

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Yes their are several

41
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Is the Mediterranean climate uncomfortable?

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No

42
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What are Mediterranean climate summers like?

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Hot and dry

43
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What are Mediterranean climate winters like?

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Cold and wet

44
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Much of [blank] has this climate and other [blank] has it

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Much of California has this climate and other America has it

45
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The Mediterranean climate is named after what?

A

The sea

46
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Mediterranean climate plant life:

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Short trees and shrubs

47
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Mobile AL. is what kind of climate?

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Humid subtropical

48
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Humid subtropical climate is near where?

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Southeastern coast of America

49
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What type of winters do humid subtropical climates have?

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Mild frost/snow

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What type of summers do humid subtropical climates have?

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Hot and muggy

51
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When in the humid subtropical climates during the year do storms happen?

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Year round

52
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Can the humid subtropical climates be struck by thunderstorms?

A

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! duh

53
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Can humid subtropical climates support mixed forest including deciduous and conifers trees?

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Yes

54
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Marine west coast climate includes what parts of the world?

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West America and parts of Europe

55
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Winds carry moisture from the seas which keeps the area what temp.?

A

Mid temp.

56
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Can marine west coast climate support evergreen forest?

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Yes

57
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How are marine west coast climate winters?

A

Foggy

58
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Where are humid continental climates located?

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Near the poles

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How many climates do humid continental climates have?

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4

60
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How are humid continental climates summers?

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Short

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How are humid continental climates winters?

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Long

62
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What place has humid continental climates?

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East coast

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What can the humid continental climates support?

A

Grasslands and Forest

64
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Does the grass in the humid continental climates grow tall?

A

No

65
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What kind of forest do humid continental climates have?

A

Conifers or deciduous

66
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The subarctic and the tundra climate is located where?

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Northeastern hemisphere south of the arctic ocean

67
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What for how long is the subarctic and the tundra climate below freezing

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For half the year

68
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How are the subarctic and the tundra climates winters?

A

Long and bitter

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How are the subarctic and the tundra climates summers?

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Short and cold

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Can the subarctic and the tundra climate support forest?

A

Yes with their rainfall

71
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The Tundra is located in [blank along the [blank]

A

The Tundra is located in costal regions along the arctic oceans

72
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What kind of winters does the Tundra have?

A

Same as subarctic climates

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What kind of summers does the Tundra have?

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Same as subarctic climates

74
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How much rain does the Tundra get?

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Not much

75
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What kind of plant life does the Tundra get?

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Small shrubs, mosses, and lichen

76
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Permafrost

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Permanently frozen layers of soil

77
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How well can soil in the Tundra absorb water?

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Not well

78
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The Tundra not being able to absorb water well forms what?

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Ponds and marshes

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