CG 3

What helps explain the movement of thermal energy around the earth?

• Climate change
• Coriolis effect
• Solar system
• Air mass

The earth's movement on its axis every twenty-four hours is called _____.

• rotation
• orbit
• revolution
• solstice

Any large region where distinct populations of plants and animals are found living together is called a _____.

• tropic
• climate
• latitude
• biome

What term refers to a large area of moving air that has a similar temperature throughout?

• Precipitation
• Solar system
• Air mass
• Rain shadow

Which solstice occurs on June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Summer solstice
• Spring solstice
• Winter solstice
• Fall solstice

What is the process of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation called?

• Climate change
• Dew point
• Hydrologic cycle
• Coriolis effect

What are hot prevailing winds that blow in the tropics called?

• Tropic winds
• Trade winds
• Southern winds
• Easterlies

Which of these is not one of the three basic biomes?

• Forests
• Grasslands
• Wastelands
• Wetlands

What is the point at which the sun reaches its greatest angular distance from the equator?

• Solstice
• Rotation
• Revolution
• Equinox

Which term refers to point in time when the length of day and night is equal all over the planet?

• Solstice
• Rotation
• Revolution
• Equinox