WorksheetsPhysical Geography Part 4
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
What are the most significant factors in defining a climate region
Population and elevation
Temperature and precipitation
Religion and pollution
None of the above
How often does it rain in tropical wet climates
Almost daily
Rarely
Every other week
Once a month
Where are Tropical Wet climates found?
Central America and South America
Africa
Southeast Asia
None of these locations
What are the summers like in tropical wet and dry climates?
Rainy
Dry
Hot
Cold
Where are Tropical wet and dry climates found
Dry winters
Cold Winters
Hot winters
Rainy winters
What is true about semiarid climates
Lots of rain
Not much percipitation
Hot summers
Mild/ cold winters
Contains very productive farm land
What is true about desert climates
Less than 10'' of rainfall per year
Categorized by rainfall, not landforms
Are always hot
May be hot or cold
What kind of summers does a Mediterranean climate have?
Cold summers
Rainy summers
Dry/ hot summers
Snowy summers
Which of the following is true about Marine West Coast Climates?
Frequent foggy/ cloudy and damp
Evenly distributed precipitation
Always sunny and hot
Very little rain
What is true about Humid Subtropical Climates?
Have long periods of summer heat and humidity
Subject to hurricanes
Good for growing crops like rice
Has cool summers and nice winters
What is a Humid Continental Climate?
Variety of temperatures and precipitations
Found in mid latitude interiors
Experience 4 seasons
Are always cold due to elevation
What is true about the subarctic climates
Taiga/ evergreen forest cover the area
Canada and Russia
Short cool summers and long winters
Below freezing 5-8 months of the year
What is true about a tundra climate?
Flat and treesless
Around the Artic circle
Has permafrost
Is warm and has nice summers
What is true about an ice cap climate?
Permanently freezing temperatures
AKA Polar deserts due to lack of rainfall
Has an average of 20' of rain a year
Has nice summers
What is soil?
Thin layer of weathered rock, humus, air
Shape and position of earths physical features
Dirt
Interdependent community of plants and animals
How does soil effect climate?
Helps loosen the soil
Produces different varieties of soil
Causes soil to evaporate
None of the above
Which of these can effect soil
Climate
Topography
Geology
Biology
Time
What is an ecosystem?
Interdependent community of plants and animals
Ecosystem of an entire region
Trees that have broad leaf's
Needle leaf tress that bear cones
What are types of biomes?
Forest
Grasslands
Desert
Tundra
Polar
How are forest catagorized?
The trees they support
The leaf's they have
The climate
The weather
What are coniferous trees?
Needle leaf trees that bear cones
trees that have broad leaves like oak or maple
Forest located in tropical zones with a heavy concentration of broad leaves
None of the above
What are grasslands?
A mostly flat area with few trees
A area with many trees
A area with a lot of rains
None of the above
What's a savanna?
Tropical grasslands
Temperate grasslands
A area with lots of trees
An area where rain is sparse
What are found in deserts?
Plants that can conserve conserve water and withstand heat
Trees and flowers
Cacti
Shrubs
What are found in tundras?
Mosses
Trees
Lichens
Flowers
