Climate Review

Climate is affected by many factors including:

• latitude, elevation, and proximity to bodies of water

• tides and currents

• wind

• snow and sleet

What is climate?

• the condition of the atmosphere at any given time and place

• cloud cover and temperature

• precipitation and humidity at a given time and place

• weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

What is elevation?

• the depth of the ocean

• the height of the atmosphere

• the depth of a lake

• the height above sea level

What are the three main climate zones?

• tropical, thermal, polar

• tropical, temperate, polar

• cold, super hot, blah

• polar, tropical, humid

What climate zone is located near the equator where the sun is directly overhead all year?

• polar

• tropical

• desert

• temperate

The rising and sinking of matter in a circular pattern due to differences in temperature:

• convection current

• ocean current

• convection oven

• climate zone

Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?

•  LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures
• There is no relationship

The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain

Most of the United States is in Earth's ___________ climate zone.

• polar

• tropical

• temperate

• subtropical

The driving force of the Water Cycle is?

• The troposphere

• The Sun

• The oxygen

• The clouds