Climate, Environment, and Resources Review

The short-term changes in the air for a given place and time is known as...

• Weather

• Climate

• Monsoons

• Front

A region's average weather conditions over a long period is known as...

• Climate

• Weather

• Monsoons

• Front

Winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth are known as...

• Prevailing winds

• Contracting winds

• Straying winds

• Hurricanes

Large streams of surface seawater are known as...

• Ocean Currents

• Undertow

• Monsoons

• Tropics

The place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet is...

• Front

• Back

• Tundra

• Tropics

What are seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air called?

• Monsoons

• Typhoons

• Hurricanes

• Tornadoes

What are areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs called?

• Savannas

• Basins

• River Valleys

• Coastal

What are semi-dry grasslands or prairies called?

• Steppes

• Mountains

• Mesa

• Desert

Permanently frozen layers of soil are called...

• Permafrost

• Everfrozens

• Ice soil

• Freeze layers

A group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the environment in which they live is known as...

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Planet

• Posse