Climate and Vegetation Review

Which of the following is NOT a climate characteristic?

• Precipitation

• Weather

• Seasons

• Temperature

Middle latitude zones range between ________ degrees.

tropical wet, arid, highland, tropical wet/dry, and semi-arid regions are found in what latitude zones?

• Middle Latitude Zone

• None of the above

• Low Latitude Zone

• High Latitude Zone

This Climate Region gets less than 10 inches of rain per year = dry.

• None of the options

• Polar (Subpolar, Ice Cap)

• Continental (Humid-continental, Subarctic)

• Dry (Arid and Semi-arid)

Which Latitude Zone ranges 60 - 90 degrees

What is the definition of Arid?

• Wet

• Dry

• Cold

• Hot

Taiga and Tundra are found in what Latitude Vegetation Regions?

• Low

• Medium

• High

• All of the options

Amount of moisture; rain, snow, sleet, or ice.

• Precipitation

• Seasons

• Temperature

• Weather

Hot, wet summer and mild, damp winter.

• Mediterranean

• Marine west coast

• Subarctic

• Humid subtropical

Weather lasts for a short term and can be changed by the wind, etc.

• True

• False