Climate Factors

_____ climate is described as cold all year long and located in high latitudes.

• Polar
• Continental
• Dry
• Highland

If your latitude is close to 90 degrees North, you live in which zone?

• Polar Zone
• Temperate zone
• Tropical zone
• Equatorial zone

Which global winds have the greatest impact on the weather in the US?

• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies
• doldrums
• polar easterlies

Large bodies of water affect climate of the land next to them because

• water heats up and cools more slowly than land
• water heats up and cools faster than land
• water and land cool at the same time
• water and land heat at the same rate

Climate is

• the further you get from the equator
• the higher you go, the colder it gets
• the conditions of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
• the average weather conditions of an area over a long period of time.

Earth’s climate system is powered mainly by energy from:

• Tilt
• The sun
• Latitude
• The rain shadow

Land temperatures heat up faster than water temperatures causing temperature extremes in inland locations.

• True
• False

Two factors that scientists use to classify climate are

• precipitation and temperature
• hurricanes and tornadoes
• humidity and pressure
• wind speed and direction

Cities closer to water most likely will be

• more dry
• more humid
• hotter

What creates the global wind pattern here on Earth? 

• The rising of hot air at the poles and falling of cold dense air at the equator. 
• Ocean currents
• The rising of hot air at the equator and falling of cold dense air at the poles
• The moons gravity.