Geography: Climate and Time

A large area of Earth with a particular pattern of weather.

• climate zone

• weather zone

• rotation

• revolution

A large grassland with scattered trees.

• savannah

• desert

• tundra

• vegetation

(True/False) Tree/grasslands need precipitation to exist (live).

• True

• False

How long does it take the earth to make one revolution?

• 364 days

• 364 1/4 days

• 365 days

• 365 1/4 days

During the December Solstice, the sun shines directly over _____ Hemisphere.

• Northern

• Southern

During the June Solstice, the sun shines directly over the ___ Hemisphere.

• Northern

• Southern

Day-to-day changes in the air based on temperature and precipitation is called _____.

• weather

• climate

• vegetation

• precipitation

A complete turn of the earth is called a ____.

• rotation

• revolution

• east

• west

Plants that grow naturally in an area.

• vegetation

• precipitation

• deciduous

• coniferous

An imaginary line between the North and South Poles.

• axis

• rotation

• revolution

• tilt