Climate and Vegetation Cover in Asia

______________ is the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area;

_________ is the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place.

__________ is the measure of the degree to which the climate of a region is influenced by a maritime airflow from the oceans.

• Climate

• Vegetation

• Oceanicity

• Continental Climate

____________ is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide; plants considered collectively, especially those found in a particular area or habitat.

• Climate

• Vegetation

• Oceanicity

• Continental Climate

A Russian word that means "a marshy plain"

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Steppe

• Monsoon

___________ is a wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally.

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Steppe

• Monsoon

Southeast Monsoon or the wet monsoon is known in the Philippines as ________________.

Northeast Monsoon or the dry monsoon is known in the Philippines as ________________.

Rice is a staple food in most but not all of Asia.

• True

• False

In the hot desert of Israel, irrigation made possible an abundant production of crops. It made Israel a virtual "Miracle in the Desert."

• True

• False