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Which biome has the most variety of plants and animals?

• Temperate Forest
• Rainforest
• Tundra
• Grasslands

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Locations around the world can be placed within three different climate zones. Scientists study the weather of a place over a period of many years to determine its climate. Which is a main factor that determines a location’s climate and its climate zone?

• average wind speed

• average temperature

• average length of day

• average number of cloudy days

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Which biome is hot and humid all year round with plenty of rain?

• Tundra

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Taiga

• Temperate Forest

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Which best describes climate?

• Summers are usually hot and dry.

• It rained last week.

• Yesterday it was cold and windy.

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1. This region is located in the northeast GA, it includes Brasstown Bald, the highest point, and has mild summers and cold winters.

• Ridge and Valley

• Blue Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

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Students at an elementary school set up a weather station in 1985. The fifth grade classes have been responsible for measuring and recording the daily temperature, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and cloud cover every year.

Which characteristic of the area would students be able to describe only after 30 or more years?

• Weather

• Climate

• Atmospheric disturbances

• Earthquakes

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Mia lives in a place that is usually sunny with frequent summer rains. For most of the year, it is warm and humid. Mia has never seen snow where she lives. In what type of climate zone does Mia most likely live?

• desert

• polar

• temperate

• tropical

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This climate zone has cold winters and hot summers. The seasons vary. These zones are further from the equator and the poles.

• Polar Climate

• Temperate Climate

• Tropical Climate

• None of the Above

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The Temperate Zone has subclimates. Which subclimate do we live in?

• Continental

• Mediterranean

• Oceanic

• Humid Subtropical

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The patterns that weather forms in an area over seasons and years is known as that region's ____________

• Weather

• Season

• Climate

• Global Warming

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