Climate

What is climate?

• weather

• rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• average weather in a region over a long period of time

• the amount of ice cream available in a city

Regions closest to ________________ tend to have warmer year-round climates.

• Forest Fires

• South Pole

• North Pole

• the Equator

What does "latitude" refer to?

• the distance away from the Equator

• how much rain a place gets

• how high up a mountain a place is

• the number of seasons a place gets

Is the Earth heated evenly?

• Yes

• No

Which biome is very dry for most or all of the year?

• rainforest

• temperate forest

• swamp

• desert

Tundras have less plant life than rain forests because they receive less __________.

• wind

• precipitation

• barometric pressure

• altitude

The higher the elevation of an area, the _______ the climate.

• warmer

• cooler

Areas where land meets the ocean

• Coastal

• Inland

• Swamp

• Proximity

Climate zone areas that are at/near the equator with typically warm/hot and wet environments throughout the year.  

• Tundra zone

• Tropical Zones

• Polar Zones

• Deserts

A biome/environment characterized as the coldest and driest of all areas with extremely low temperatures and little to no precipitation.

• Rainforest

• Swamps

• Tundra