Global Climates

What does the term 'climate' mean?

• Day-to-day weather conditions

• Average temperature, precipitation and wind speed of a country

• Average weather across a large area of the earth's surface

• Average annual weather conditions of a particular area

For an area's climate to be determined, certain weather conditions are measured over how many years?

• 1

• 10

• 25

• 35

What are the three categories of global climates

(a)  

Which of the following characteristics help distinguish between the three different global climates?

• Location

• Levels of precipitation

• Size of the country/continent

• Temperature

Which of the following climates are found either on or 30 degrees north or south of the equator?

• Hot

• Temperate

• Cold

Cool Temperate Oceanic and Mediterranean climates are examples of climates from which category?

• Hot

• Temperate

• Cold

Which global climate is found between 30-60 degrees north and south of the equator?

• Hot

• Temperate

• Cold

What does the word 'boreal' mean?

• Cold

• Northern

• Southern

• Barren

Equatorial, Savanna and Hot Desert climates are all examples of what type of climate?

• Hot

• Temperate

• Cold

Which climate type is found in the far north of the northern hemisphere, between 50-66 degrees north of the equator?

• Hot

• Temperate

• Cold