Geo. Weather and Climate Review

water that falls to the earth’s surface is... 

• Precipitation
• Equinox
• Atmosphere
• Climate

Multilayered band of gases, water vapor, and dust is ...

• atmosphere
• climate
• equinox
• precipitation

One orbit around the sun ...

• rotation
• revolution
• equinox
• climate

Weather patterns of an area over a long period of time is  ...

• climate
• atmosphere
• revolution
• equinox

The sun directly overhead at the Equator is...

• equinox
• revolution
• precipitation
• atmosphere

Climate is a term that describes...

• elevation.
• convection.
• weather patterns.
• landforms.

The sun’s heat is distributed throughout the world by...

• convection.
• solstice.
• rotation.
• revolution.

Winds blow in curved lines because of...

• the greenhouse effect.
• the Coriolis effect.
• convection.
• the location of landforms.

The earth’s precipitation occurs as convectional, orographic, or...

• continental.
• leeward.
• polar.
• frontal.

The sun’s heat is prevented from escaping back into space too quickly by the earth’s...

• atmosphere.
• rotation.
• landforms.
• revolution.