Climate Regions

How do organisms adapt to life in a polar climate? (Check all that apply.)

• Plants are small and low to the ground.

• Small animals hide in the rocks.

• Musk ox have heavy fur coats.

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Tropical wet and dry climates have:

• A rainy season only

• A dry season only

• A rainy season and a dry season

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Tropical wet climates are found:

• 5 - 20° from the poles

• At the Equator

• 5 - 20° from the Equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Climate refers to ____________, year-after-year weather patterns in a given area.

• conditions

• average

• time and place

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Which climate zone do we live in?

• Temperate

• Tropical

• Polar

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Where do you find the polar climate?

• temperate zones

• between the tropics

• at the poles

If you wanted to live where it is warm which climate would you chose?

• temperate

• tropical

• polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Define climate.

• different air masses

• condition of the atmsophere over a short time

• average condition over a long period of time

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Why are there no continental climates in the Southern Hemisphere?

• The continents in this latitude range are too narrow

• It is too warm

• There are no continents in this latitude range

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Permafrost is:

• common in temperate climates

• a permanent layer of frozen dew

• a layer of permanently frozen ground