Climates of the Earth

The earth completes one ____ when

it travels once around the sun.

• circle

• axis

• revolution

• day

Clouds release moisture on the ____

of mountains.

• mountainside

• windward side

• leeward side

• westward side

The ____ receive warm air masses

in summer and cold ones in winter.

• the equator lines

• low latitudes

• high latitudes

• mid-latitudes

In high latitude climates, ____ are

common.

• deserts

• hot temperatures

• freezing temperatures

• warm temperatures

Burning fossil fuels releases gases

that mix with water to form _______

• acid rain

• carbon dioxide

• diseases

• oxygen

Elevation and climate ___________

• do not determine anything

• are very closely related

• do not affect one another

• are the same thing

Which of the following climate

regions has the widest temperature

range?

• tropical savanna

• desert

• subarctic

• sahara

what are ice ages

• when temperatures reach freezing, causing any form of water to freeze.

• the time before global warming made the ice caps and glaciers melt

• when ice forms

• periods of time when glaciers

  covered much of the earth

Places located in high latitudes have _________

• the coldest climates on earth

• the hottest temperatures

• the thickest air

• the most life

The terms tropical, dry, mid-latitude,

high latitude, and highlands identify ____________

• themes of geography

• climate regions

• points of elevation

• landforms