WorksheetsClimate Zones
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 3mins
These are imaginary horizontal lines parallel to the Earth's equator that run from East to West and vice versa.
Longitude
Latitude
Equator
Direction
These are imaginary lines running north-south around the globe.
Longitudes
Latitudes
Equator
Direction
An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
Longitudes
Latitudes
Equator
Direction
What is climate?
What's happening in space at a time and place.
The average weather over many years
What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
The average amount of rain over many years.
Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?
Tropical
Arid/Dry
Polar
Temperate
What are the 3 major climate zones IN ORDER from equator to the poles?
polar, temperate, tropical
temperate, polar, tropical
tropical, temperate, polar
temperate, tropical polar
What does precipitation mean?
How hot or cold a place is
How much vegetation a place has.
How wet or dry a place is.
How many global winds a place has.
What does temperature mean?
How hot or cold a place is
How much vegetation a place has
How wet or dry a place is.
How many global winds a place has.
The climate of a zone depends on the amount of _____________it receives.
sunlight
wind
water
clouds
