Unit 3 Part 1 Review: Climate

Is the following an example of weather or climate?

"I've lived here for 10 years and I've never seen the conditions so dry."

• Climate

• Weather

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Is the following an example of weather or climate?

"It rained for the first time in 3 months yesterday"

• Climate

• Weather

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Is the following an example of weather or climate?

"The worst blizzard in 30 years struck several states in the midwest last weekend"

• Climate

• Weather

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True or false: The day length varies throughout the year because the angle of the sun’s rays changes with the seasons.

• True

• False

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What are three factors that influence climate patterns?

• Tilt of earth

  elevation

  precipitation

• Earth's rotation

  tilt of earth

  elevation

• Latitude

  near water

  elevation

• elevation

  precipitation

  the ocean

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What is climate?

• The uneven heating of earth's surface from the sun

• The temperate, tropical, and polar regions

• Day to day weather

• Long-term weather patterns for a given area

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What are surface winds?

• The apparent curve in the path of an object caused by Earth's rotation

• Winds that blow close to earth's surface

• Winds that blow in a fairly constant, predictable pattern around earth

• Strong winds in the upper troposphere that exist in relatively narrow bands

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Without _______, Earth's equator would be much hotter and the poles would be much colder.

• surface winds

• Earth's tilted axis

• Convection cells

• Earth's rotation

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What causes the paths of surface winds to curve?

• The sun's direct rays on the equator

• Hadley's model

• The Coriolis effect

• The rain shadow

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True or false: At night, the land cools off slower than the water after a hot day.

• True

• False