Geography Lesson 3-3

True or False The Amazon River is an example of a tropical dry climates

• True

• False

A steppe is a type of dry climate.

• True

• False

Tropical Dry climates support more plants and animals than do Tropical Wet climates.

• True

• False

An oasis is caused by an underground spring coming to the surface in a desert.

• True

• False

Humid Subtropical, Marine West Coast, Mediterranean, and Humid Continental are types of mid latitude climates.

• True

• False

What is the average daily temperature of a Tropical Wet/Humid Tropical climate?

• 32⁰F (0⁰C)

• 50⁰F (10⁰C)

• 80⁰F (27⁰C)

• 100⁰F (38⁰C)

High latitude climates support only limited plant and animal life because of

• their extreme aridity

• the lack of direct sunlight

• the powerful polar winds

• the El Nino Phenomenon

In Marine West Coast climates, ocean winds cause

• short, mild winters and nearly year-round rain

• cool summers and cool, damp winters

• short, mild winters and nearly year round rain

• warm summers and harshly cold winters

When exhaust released from burning fossil fuels is heated in the atmosphere by solar radiation it creates

• tornadoes

• hailstorms

• a rain shawdow

• smog

Burning fossil fuels releases gases that cause

• acid rain

• the Coriolis effect

• ocean levels to rise

• oases to form