The Earth's Climate

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.

• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place

• The average weather over many years

• The average amount of rain over many years.

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What is weather?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place.
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

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Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

• Tropical
• Polar
• Arid/Dry
• Temperate

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The seasons are caused by___________?

• The tilt of the Earth on its axis

• Tropical Storms

• Changes in the moon

• The Earth's rotation

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What are the two main factors that determine the climate of an area?

• precipitation and humidity
• temperature and air pressure
• wind conditions and humidity
• temperature and precipitation

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What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles?

• polar, temperate, tropical
• tropical, temperate, polar
• temperate, polar, tropical

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Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?

• LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures

The temperature of a tropical climate is?

• consistently warm
• consistently cool
• consistently moderate
• warm and cool

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A polar climate is?

• warm and cool
• consistently moderate
• consistently cool
• consistently warm

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A temperate climate is?

• consistently cool
• consistently warm
• consistently moderate
• warm and cool

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