5th Grade Topic 1 Word list 3

What is known as the low latitudes and is an area found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?

• Temperate zone

• Tropics

• Polar zone

• Water cycle

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

• Temperate zone

• Tropics

• Polar zone

• Water cycle

What is known as the middle latitudes and have a hot summer, a cold winter, and a moderate spring and fall?

• Temperate zone

• Tropics

• Polar zone

• Water cycle

What is known as the high latitudes where temperatures are very cold?

• Temperate zone

• Tropics

• Polar zone

• Water cycle

What is the wind that most frequently blows across a particular region called?

• Weather

• Climate

• Prevailing winds

• Tropical cyclone

What is an intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over tropical oceans?

• Weather

• Climate

• Prevailing winds

• Tropical cyclone

What is the condition of the air and sky at a certain time and place called?

• Weather

• Climate

• Prevailing winds

• Tropical cyclone

What is the average weather of a place over many years called?

• Weather

• Climate

• Prevailing winds

• Tropical cyclone

What is a nonrenewable resource that forms over millions of years from the remains of dead animals and plants?

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Natural resource

• Fossil fuel

What is a region made up of similar ecosystems and communities of plants and animals?

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Natural resource

• Fossil fuel