Factors Influencing Climate

The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain

Two factors to determine climate are

• precipitation and temperature
• hurricanes and tornadoes
• humidity and pressure

Latitudes closer to the equator are _________

• Cooler

• Warmer

• Dryer

It gets ______ the further you move from the equator.

• warmer

• colder

• wetter

• dryer

The sun’s rays are least direct __________.

• near the poles.      
• in July.
• near the equator.
• far from the ocean.

What type of air mass do we have at the equator?

• Cold descending air

• Warm rising air

As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?

• Nothing
• It increases
• It decreases
• It goes up and down

Large bodies of water affect climate of the land next to them because

• water heats up and cools more slowly than land
• water heats up and cools faster than land
• water and land cool at the same time
• water and land heat at the same rate

Which of the following will heat the fastest? 

• water
• land
• both heat at equal rates

What is the height of an area above sea level?

• altitude

• topography

• latitude

• longitude