Climate Factors

In the northwest, a dryer climate is experienced by communities on which side of the Cascade Mountain Range?

• windward

• north

• leeward

• south

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Air temperature decreases with ____________

choose all the factors that influence regional climates

• bodies of water

• altitude

• mountains

• global wind patterns

• elevation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Is warm air more dense or less dense?

• less dense

• more dense

The primary factor controlling the location of

climate zones is their

(a)   .

• elevation
• latitude
• longitude
• vegetative cover

Which factor generally has the greatest impact on the climate of an area on Earth's surface?

• Distance from the Equator

• Extent of vegetative cover

• Degrees of longitude

• Month of the year

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the best explanation for these

two statements:

• Some mountains located near the Earth's Equator have snow-covered peaks.

• Icecaps exist at the Earth's poles.

• High elevation and high latitude have

  a similar effect on climate.

• Both mountain and polar regions have

  arid climates.

• Mountain and polar regions receive

  more energy from the Sun than other

  regions do.

• An increase in snowfall and an

  increase in temperature have a similar

  effect on climate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The windward side of the mountain range is

• Wet 
• Dry

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The leeward side of the mountain range is 

• Wet
• Dry

Altitude influences

• Temperature
• Precipitation