Climate Patterns

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

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Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

• Tropical
• Polar
• Arid/Dry
• Temperate

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Which of the following does NOT have an affect on a region's climate?

• Large bodies of water
• Latitude
• Mountains
• Longitude

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The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain

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A tropical climate in the US would be?

• Virginia
• New York
• California
• Florida

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The temperature of a tropical climate is?

• consistently warm
• consistently cool
• consistently moderate
• warm and cool

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What is the climate of the top of a mountain like as compared to the bottom of the mountain?

• warmer
• cooler
• drier
• wetter

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What is the difference between climate and weather?

•  Climate averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while weather describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
•  Weather averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while Climate describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
• Climate describes the weather conditions at night, while weather describes the conditions during the daytime.
•  There is not a difference between climate and weather.

Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?

•  LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures
• There is no relationship

Climates are classified according to which two major factors?

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

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