Ch. 14 Climate Pre-Test

Which is NOT a major influence on climate?

• animals

• large bodies of water

• ocean currents

• large cities

The climate classification system divides regions according to temperature, vegetation, and _______.

• types of animals

• types of people

• amount of precipitation

• amount of space

The weather of a region averaged over a long period of time - ________

• equinox

• microclimate

• El Nino

• climate

The ______ receives the most solar radiation.

• earth

• United States

• oceans

• equator

______ , altitude, and being in a city affect the climate of an area.

• Latitude

• ocean currents

• pollution

• temperature

What is NOT an example of a microclimate?

• Population

• Urban area

• Hilltop

• Forest

Warm periods that occur between Ice Ages - _______

• interglacials

• equinox

• climate

• microclimate

The _____ is the current ice age.

• global warming

• climate change

• interglacial

• equator

During the last _________, about half of the northern hemisphere was covered with ice.

• transition

• Ice Age

• Warm Age

• glacial

The number of daylight hours almost equal the number of nighttime hours everywhere on earth - _______

• El Nino

• equinox

• revolution

• solstices