Climate Unit

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

• Climate

• Windward

• Leeward

• Monsoon

The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area:

• Tropical Zone

• Climate

• El Niño

• La Niña

The side of a mountain range that faces away from the wind and receives little to no precipitation:

• Windward

• Leeward

• Monsoon

• Climate

Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat; carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a major one:

• Greenhouse Gas

• Global Warming

• Sunspot

• CFCs

Weather is the day to day conditions of the atmosphere 

• True
• False

Climate is the average conditions that are expected at a certain place over a number of years

• False
• True

The following photo represents.....

• Hurricane and Tropical storm paths 
• Warm and cool currents influencing climate
• Connections between the World's oceans 

The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain

The closer you live to an ocean the more likely your climate will be?

• maritime
• continental
• tropical
• polar

A polar climate is?

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