Unit 1 Test - Revisited

Factors Affecting Climate

Four major factors influence the climate of

a region:

Wind and Ocean Currents

Latitude

Elevation

Topography

Multiple Select

Which of the following factors influences climate?  Select all that apply - 

• Wind and Ocean Currents

• Zones of Latitude

• Longitude

• Topography (Landforms)

Factors Affecting Climate

Zones of Latitude –
• Low or tropical– found on either side of the equator, extending to

the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the
south. Lands here are hot all year long.

• Middle or temperate– lie at the middle latitudes, between the

tropics and the polar regions. In these zones temperatures can vary
greatly.

• High or polar– encircle the North

Pole and South Pole, and are cold
all year

Multiple Choice

Geographers have divided the earth into 3 zones of latitude known as -

• Low, middle, and temperate

• Tropical, temperate, and low

• Tropical, temperate, and polar

• Tropical, High, and Polar

World Climate Regions

Defining a Climate Region

•The two most significant factors in defining different
climates are temperature and precipitation.

• Geographers use latitude zones to help define climate in

five general regions –

1. Low Latitudes (Tropical)
2. Dry
3. Mid-Latitudes (Temperate)
4. High-Latitudes (Polar)
5. Highland

Multiple Choice

Geographers generally classify climate regions into the following categories - 

• Tropical, Dry, Mid Latitudes, Temperate, and High Latitudes

• Tropical, Dry, Mid Latitudes, High Latitudes, and Polar

• Tropical, Dry, Mid Latitudes, High Latitudes, Highland

• Tropical, Mid Latitudes, High Latitudes, Polar, and Highland

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would you likely find at a low latitude?

• desert

• tropical rain forest

• tundra

• ice flow

Multiple Choice

The characteristic that would BEST fit with the first column of the chart is -

• irrigation

• drought

• conservation

• weathering