Climate

Where is the Arctic/Polar Zone?

• 23*N/S to 66*N/S

• 23*N to 23*S

• 66*N/S to 90*N/S

• 35*N/S to 67*N/S

What is a monsoon?

• the downwind side of a mountain

• the side of a mountain hit by the winds

• ocean currents that flow in different directions

• sea and land winds over a large region that change directions

What causes upwelling (returning of nutrients to the surface)?

• Deep Water Currents

• Surface Currents

• Temperate Zones

• Greenhouse Effect

What is Density?

• Someone who can't understand a joke

• mass of a unit of volume

• minimally dissolved salts

• sunlight

Where is the Tropical Zone?

• 23*N/S to 66*N/S

• 23*N to 23*S

• 66*N/S to 90*N/S

• 35*N/S to 67*N/S

What is a microclimate?

• the temperature in a room at any given time.

• day-to-day fluctuations in temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.

• average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.

• small areas with climate conditions that differ from those around them.

Fresh Water is found where?

• Oceans

• Seas

• Inland Lakes/Rivers

• Salt Water Aquariums

Why don't the Northern and Southern Hemispheres have the same seasons at the same time?

• Their Latitude is too different.

• The sun's rays hit them at different angles throughout the year.

• The ocean currents are too different.

• They are on different planets.

What is climate?

• the temperature in a room at any given time.

• day-to-day fluctuations in temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.

• average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.

• small areas with conditions that differ from those around them.

What are the factor(s) that influence temperature in a climate?

• Latitude and Altitude

• Distance from large bodies of water

• Ocean Currents

• All of them