Climates on Earth

A tall mountain has a cold, snowy climate because of its ______.

• Weather

• Solar energy

• Altitude

• Rain shadow

The Gulf stream is a warm _______ that modifies climate

• Specific heat

• ocean current

• localized

• precipitation

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A microclimate is a ______ climate that is different from the climate of the larger area surrounding it.

• Specific heat

• ocean current

• localized

• Precipitation

Climate is classified based on _______, temperature and native vegetation

• Specific heat

• ocean current

• localized

• precipitation

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What is rain shadow?

• Mountain can affect climate because they are barriers to previlling winds. This leads us to unique precipitation patterns called rain shadows

• unique precipitation patterns

• Rain fall

• dry lands

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How does specific heat cause climates along coastlines to differ from climate inside the continents

• Water has high specific heat

• because of salt water

• A lot of water

• because of fresh water

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what are the five climate types

• Polar, Continental, Dry lands, Tropical, Mild

• Polar, continental, Dry, tropical, mild

• non of the above

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An area of low rainfall on the downward slope of a mountain is called a_______

• weather

• solar energy

• altitude

• rain shadow

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what are the four factor to determine a region's climate

• Latitude

• altitude

• rain shadow

• large bodies of water

• precipitation

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what is a microclimate

• it is localized climate that is different for the climate of the larger area surrounding it

• it is just locaized

• rain shadow

• non of the above