Climate

The arrows on the map below show the prevailing winds at a midlatitude coastal city. This city most likely has a climate that is

• Arid, with a small difference between the highest and lowest yearly temperatures
• Arid, with a large difference between the highest and lowest yearly temperatures
• Humid, with a small difference between the highest and lowest yearly temperatures
• Humid, with a large difference between the highest and lowest yearly temperatures

An air mass entering Alaska from the northern Pacific Ocean would most likely be labeled on a weather map as

• cP
• cT
• mP
• mT

Which sequence of events affecting moist air within Earth’s atmosphere causes cloud formation?

• Rising expanding cooling condensation
• Rising contracting warming evaporation
• Sinking expanding warming condensation
• Sinking contracting cooling evaporation

Dry areas caused by sinking air and diverging surface winds are located at which two latitudes?

• 0° and 30° N
• 0° and 60° S
• 30° N and 30° S
• 60° N and 60° S

The cross section below represents a prevailing wind flow that causes different climates on the windward and leeward sides of a mountain range. Compared to the temperature and moisture of the air rising on the windward side, the temperature and moisture of the air descending at the same altitude on the leeward side will be

• Warmer and drier
• Warmer and more moist
• Cooler and drier
• Cooler and more moist

Which ocean current directly warms Western Europe?

• North Atlantic Current
• South Equatorial Current
• Canary Current
• Labrador Current

Which climate condition generally results from both an increase in distance from the equator and an increase in elevation above sea level?

• cooler temperatures
• warmer prevailing winds
• increased precipitation
• increased air pressure

The graph below shows the yearly air temperature and precipitation of a location on Earth. This location would be most likely at a latitude of

• 0°
• 35° S 
• 50° N
• 90° N

Climates are classified according to which two major factors?

• elevation & precipitation
• latitude & temperature
• elevation & latitude
• precipitation & temperature

The closer you live to an ocean the more likely your climate will be?

• maritime
• continental
• tropical
• polar