Wind, Currents, Climate Quiz

Climate is affected by many factors including:

• latitude, elevation, and proximity to bodies of water

• tides and currents

• wind

• snow and sleet

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The average conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area over a long (30+ year) period of time:

• Tropical Zone

• Climate

• El Niño

• La Niña

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The warm climate zone near the equator:

• Tropical Zone

• Polar Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Climate

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The cold climate zone near both poles:

• Tropical Zone

• Polar Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Climate

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The area between the tropical and the polar zones with seasonal climate:

• Tropical Zone

• Polar Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Climate

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The side of a mountain range that faces the oncoming wind and receives precipitation:

• Climate

• Windward

• Leeward

• Monsoon

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What is a sea breeze?

• cooler air moving inland from the ocean

• warmer air moving inland from the ocean

• cooler air moving to sea

• warmer air moving to sea

What are the three main climate zones?

• tropical, thermal, polar

• tropical, temperate, polar

• cold, super hot, blah

• polar, tropical, humid

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

• Tropical
• Polar
• Arid/Dry
• Temperate

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What zone is the mainland United States in?

• Temperate

• Polar

• Tropical

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