SS6 - Climate and Ecosystems

What are the low latitudes between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn called?

• Temperate Zones

• Polar Regions

• Tropics

• Equator

What is the movement of water from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again called?

• Water Cycle

• Climate Change

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

What is a group of plants and animals that depend on one another and their environment for survival called?

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Climate

What are the three most important factors that influence climate?

• Temperature, precipitation, and wind

• Humidity, altitude, and pressure

• Latitude, longitude, and elevation

• Vegetation, soil, and minerals

What are some types of precipitation?

• Rain, sleet, snow, and hail

• Dew, fog, mist, and frost

• Thunder, lightning, wind, and storm

• Sun, moon, stars, and clouds

Temperature is a measure of what?

• How hot or cold the air is

• The speed of the wind

• The amount of rainfall

• The level of humidity

How do temperatures in the tropics differ from temperatures in the temperate zones?

• It's almost always hot in the tropics, where the temperate zones are warm in the summer and cool in the winter

• The tropics are colder than the temperate zones

• The tropics have more snow than the temperate zones

• The tropics experience more seasonal changes than the temperate zones

What are the steps of the water cycle?

• Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and back to evaporation

• Freezing, melting, boiling, and cooling

• Absorption, transpiration, infiltration, and runoff

• Collection, distribution, filtration, and consumption

Which type of climate combines hot temperatures and heavy rainfall year round?

• Tropical Wet

• Arid

• Mediterranean

• Semiarid

What is characteristic of a Tropical Wet and Dry climate?

• Wet season in the summer, dry season in the winter

• Dry year round

• Cold winters and hot summers

• Heavy rainfall year round