Climate and Its Influences

What is climate?

• The average weather over a period of years.

• Monthly weather patterns

• The geographical terrain of an area.

• THe seasonal changes of an area.

What are violent wind and rain storms called that form over the tropics in the Pacific Ocean?

• Hurricanes

• Typhoons

• Thunderstorms

• Tornadoes

What are fast moving rivers in the ocean called?

• Streams

• Tides

• Currents

• Waves

What is precipitation?

• The amount of water that falls as rain, sleet, hail or fog.

• The amount of water that falls as rain, sleet, hail or snow.

• The amount of water that falls as snow, sleet, hail or fog.

• The amount of water that falls as rain, sleet, hail or wind.

What word means "how hot or cold the air feels"?

• Weather

• Precipitation

• Temperature

• Wind

What creates both wind and ocean currents?

• The Earth's rotation

• The Earth's revolution

• Hot Air

• Tall mountains

What is weather?

• The day-to-day changes in the air.

• The temperature on a given day.

• The amount of water that falls as rain, sleet, hail or snow.

• Types of storms.

What is population density?

• The average number of people.

• The average number of people living.

• The average number of people living in a square mile.

• The average number of people living and dying in an area,

What is population growth?

• The birth rate minus the death rate.

• The death rate minus the birth rate.

• The birth rate

• The death rate

What is the Green Revolution?

• A period in history during the 1700's.

• Changes preventing farmers from growing fewer crops.

• Scientific changes allowing farmers to grow more crops.

• A period of history in the 1800's.