WorksheetsClimate and Vegetation
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 17mins
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time. Think 30 years. Reported as averages by a meteorologist.
Climate
Weather
The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. The daily or weekly forecast.
Climate
Weather
The SHORT term impact
Climate
Weather
The LONG term impact
Climate
Weather
What is the most important factor impacting the climate?
Solar energy
Elevation
Wind/ocean currents
Clouds/water vapor
A _____________ reports the weather on a daiy basis.
Forecaster
Anchor
Meterologist
Climate change specialist
The factors that impact the weather are...
elevation, people, vegetation, currents
heat energy, clouds, and water vapor, elevation, and wind and ocean currents.
climate, weather, vegetation, waves, wind
heat enegry, water, clouds, meterologist, currents
This is an example of a ______ map.
weather
climate
This is an example of a ______ map.
weather
climate
The three main zones of latitude are
Hot, cold, mild
Temperate, mild, warm
Polar, mild, cold
Polar, temperate, tropical
Classified by similar plants, soil, and the weather pattern in an area. It is named for the types of trees, grasslands, and specially adapted plants that live there.
Climate regions
Vegetation regions
Areas that share similar temperatures and precipitation throughout the year.
Climate regions
Vegetation regions
I am the plants that grow in a region.
vegetation
climate
Throughout the Earth there are various climate and vegetation _________________.
places
regions
latitudes
names
The five types of vegetation regions are named...
ice, dessert, forest, tundra, forest, biome
tropical, desert, grassland, subtropical, dry
forest, grasslands, tundra, desert, ice sheet
grasslands, cold, mild, polar, dessert, arid
The five main climate regions are...
subtropical, cold, temperate, wet, dry
arid, desert, dry, high latitude, highland
high latitude, polar, temperate, warm, rainy
tropical, dry, mid-latitude, high-latitude, highland
The spinning of Earth on its axis. It causes day and night.
Rotation
Revolution
Solstice
Equinox
The movement of an object around another object. It happens every 365 days and causes the four seasons.
Rotation
Revolution
Solstice
Equinox
The two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
Rotation
Revolution
Solstice
Equinox
The two times of the year when days and nights are of equal length
Rotation
Revoution
Solstive
Equinox
How long does it take the Earth to make one complete revolution?
24 hours
366 days
365
It depends on which season it is.
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
What causes day and night?
The Earth's revolution.
The Earth's tilt on its axis.
The Earth's rotation.
Different amounts of light shining on Earth at different times of the year.
If it is autumn in the northern hemisphere, what season is in the southern hemisphere?
autumn
summer
winter
spring
