Climate Zones CFU

• This climate tends to be warm, muggy, and rainy year-round.

• Temperatures average around 80°F

• Rainfall averages between 70-450 inches per year!!!

• Mediterranean

• Tropical Rainforest

• Desert Climate

• Tundra

• Summers tend to be hot, dry, and sunny.

• Winters tend to be mild, but wet.

• Plant life can be found as shrubs, shorter trees, and scattered larger trees.

• Mediterranean

• Polar

• Steppe

• Highland

• This climate can be several climates at once.

• It depends upon elevation.

• As you go up the mountain, temperatures drop and plant life grows more scarce.

• Mediterranean

• Subarctic

• Humid Subtropical

• Highland

• Earth’s hottest and driest climate!

• Rainfall can be very scarce with desert receiving less than 10 inches per year.

• Temperatures can be very extreme due to the dry air and clear skies. 

• Marine West Coast

• Humid Subtropical

• Desert

• Steppe

• This climate tends to have semi dry grasslands or prairies.

• They often border most deserts

• Tend to have short grasses, but will have shrubs and trees that grow along streams.

• Ice Cap

• Tropical Savanna

• Humid Continental

• Steppe

What kind of climate zone is pictured?

• Ice Cap

• Tropical Rainforest

• Mediterranean

• Tropical Savanna

Which of the following is not a temperate climate region?

• Mediterranean

• Subarctic

• Humid Subtropical

• Marine West Coast

Subarctic, Tundra and Ice Cap are

• Temperate Climate Zones

• Dry Climate Zones

• Tropical Climate Zones

• Polar Climate Zones

What climate zone is South Carolina in?

• Icecap

• Tundra

• Humid Subtropical

• Desert

What type of climate zone is near the equator?

• Polar

• Temperate

• Dry

• Tropical