Climate Zone Practice

Which term means the pattern of weather over a long period of time?

• climate

• density

• region

• vegetation

Use this graph to answer the question below.

What kind of information about Nome, Alaska, is shown on the graph?

• climate pattern

• vegetation zones

• economic activity

• population density

What two factors make up climate? 

• Temperature & Weather
• Weather & Climate
• Precipitation & Elevation
• Temperature & Precipitation

What does temperature mean?

• How hot or cold a place is.
• How wet or dry a place is.
• How much vegetation a place has.
• How many global winds a place has.

What does precipitation mean?

• How hot or cold a place is.
• How wet or dry a place is.
• How much vegetation a place has.
• How many global winds a place has.

Hot and dry all year with very little rain

• Arid

• Tropical wet

• Highlands

• Subarctic

Warm summers, cool winters, rainfall all year

• Tundra

• Tropical wet and dry

• Marine West Coast

• Mediterranean

Hot all year with rainy and dry seasons

• Tropical wet

• Tropical wet and dry

• Semiarid

• Ice cap

Hot, rainy summers and mild winters with some rain

• Tropical wet

• Mediterranean

• Marine west coast

• Humid subtropical

Hot, dry summers and cool, dry winters

• Semiarid

• Tundra

• Arid

• Ice cap