Climate

Temperature is affected by latitude, altitude, distance from large bodies of water, and oceans.

• True

• False

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Many mountainous areas have warmer climates than the lower areas around them.

• True

• False

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Climate is the average, year after year conditions of temperature, precipitation, wind and clouds in an area.

• True

• False

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Between the tropical zones and the polar zones are the

• marine

• temperate

• continental

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______________ winds are those that usually blow in one direction in a region.

• shoreline

• easterly

• prevailing

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Inland regions of North America and Asia have __________climates

• polar

• temperate

• maritime

• continental

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Choose the answer in which these climates are listed in order from coldest to warmest:

• tundra, subarctic, humid continental, ice cap

• ice cap, tundra, subarctic, humid continental

• humid continental, ice cap, tundra, subarctic

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The tropics are areas that have two types of _________ climates: tropical wet and tropical wet-and-dry

• rainy

• dry

• cold

• warm

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______________climates include semiarid and arid climates.

• humid

• dry

• polar

• tropical

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Daily weather, amount of sunlight, and the pattern of seasons vary according to different

• weather zones

• highland regions

• temperature regions

• climate zones

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