Climate Factors Quiz

Based on the image, as a mountain forces air to rise, moisture in the air cools, condenses and falls to the ground as ________________________.

• dust

• rock

• rain

• air

Because the sun's rays hit the equator more directly than they hit the poles, the regional climate around the equator is __________________ than the regional climate around the poles.

• warmer

• colder

• darker

• bigger

The Middle latitudes are also called the-

• poles

• temperate zones

• tropics

• Prime Meridian

Because of the Earth's rotation, ocean currents run

• in straight lines

• up and down

• in circular motions

• out

LOLAW stands for

• no rules

• Latitude, Ocean Currents, Landforms, Altitude, Winds

• Low, On, Lean, Always, West

• Longitude, Old Rocks, Landforms, Atlantic Ocean, World

__________________ carry climate-impacting air conditions (warm, cool, humid, dry) from one region to another region.

• Winds

• Peninsulas

• Longitudes

• Sea birds

______________________ carry warm waters away from the equator that distribute mild humid climates across the Earth's surface.

• Sea birds

• Rubber ducks

• Ocean currents

• Mountains

The warm, low latitude regions near the Equator both north and south are called the -

• Poles

• Tundra

• Tropics

• Arctic

Because air loses most moisture on the Windward sides of mountains, The Leeward sides usually have __________________ climates.

• dry

• tropical

• humid

• cold

The coldest regions on earth are the ________________.

• Poles

• Tropics

• deserts

• rain forests