Review for Test 2 Lilving Planet & Climate

Tectonic plates that move past each other are called?

• glancing

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

Gases that go into the atmosphere cause a warming known as the greenhouse effect because

• the gases are warm because they come from the burning of coal and petroleum.

• they create a barrier that traps carbon dioxide.

• they create a barrier that traps solar energy.

• they create an environment in which vegetation thrives.

Which of the following would be least likely to occur in the Ring of Fire?

• a glacier

• a volcano

• an earthquake

• a tsunami

Deserts are classified by ___________

• how hot the climate is

• those areas that get less than 10 inches of rain a year

• how cold the climate is

• having more sand than grasslands

Land that is surrounded by water on three sides is called a ____________.

• peninsula

• island

• isthmus

• archipelago

The triangular shaped landform that forms where a river empties into another body of water, like an ocean, is called a __________.

• delta

• plateau

• isthmus

• peninsula

The two most significant factors in defining different climates are

• altitude and ocean currents.

• humidity and seasonal changes.

• temperature and precipitation.

• longitude and latitude.

A flat, grassy, treeless plain, full of life, in the tropical grassland region that has a wet and dry season and can resemble a desert

• weather

• climate

• drought

• savanna

_______ is the atmospheric conditions at a particular place and time.

• weather

• climate

• temperature

• humidity

The pattern of atmospheric conditions as temperature and precipitation, occurring at a particular location over a long period of time are called _____________.

• climate

• weather

• forecast

• season