Climate Climb

What determines how far south the cold air from the North Pole travels?

• The trade winds

• The gulf stream

• The jet stream

• The polar easterlies

The position of the polar jet stream is usually somewhere between _______

• the southern U.S. and Mexico

• Northern and southern Canada

• Mexico and the equator

• Southern Canada and Mexico

The ______ side of a mountain range normally has a desert

• leeward

• western

• eastern

• windward

Cold air reaches the United States due to the ______, and the jet stream determines how far south it goes

• trade winds

• gulf stream

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

The ____ side of a mountain range often has lush plant life

• leeward

• western

• eastern

• windward

What is the name for the warm water that flows north, warming Great Britain?

• The polar easterlies

• The jet stream

• The gulf stream

• The trade winds

The ocean current that flows up the eastern United States and across the Atlantic is called the ____

• gulf stream

• trade winds

• jet stream

• polar easterlies

More rain generally falls on the _____ side of a mountain range

• leeward

• windward

• western

• eastern

What is the term for the way that Earth wobbles around its rotation axis?

In what way are cities microclimates?

• Cities are smaller than the areas around them

• Cities are warmer than the areas immediately around them

• Cities have lower atmospheric pressure than rural areas do

• Cities have more precipitation than rural areas do