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Weather Permitting

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is the tropical zone located?

a)

Poles

b)

Near the equator

c)

Everywhere around the globe

d)

There is no tropical zone

2.

What are some factors that impact where a zone is located?

Choose all that apply.

a)

Topography

b)

ocean/wind currents

c)

vegetation

d)

latitude

e)

precipitation

3.

True or False land cools faster than water.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Warm ocean currents make places ...

a)

humid, wet – increase vegetation

b)

very dry – leading to the formation of deserts

c)

humid, rainy - rivers

d)

dry, hot - canyons

5.

How does topography impact the zone of a place?

a)

It makes the left side of the mountain with vegetation - the right side dry

b)

It makes the right side of the mountain with vegetation - the left side dry

c)

It makes the one side of the mountain with vegetation - the other side dry (it matters on which way the wind is moving)

d)

The topography doesn't impact the zone of a place.

6.

Which zone has a lot of precipitation but low temperature?

(do not include zone at the end of your answer!!!)

(a)  

7.

How does the factor of latitude impact the climate?

a)

radiation from the sun goes straight at the equator -

then by convection currents, it is evenly distributed around the world

b)

radiation from the sun goes straight at the poles -

then by conduction, it is evenly distributed around the world

c)

radiation from the sun goes straight at the equator -

then by convection currents, it's unevenly distributed around the world

8.

Fill in the blanks :

The higher up you are the ____ it gets the lower you go the _____ it gets.

a)

cooler, warmer

b)

warmer, cooler

c)

humid, dry

d)

dry, humid

9.

What climate zone is shown?

(please do NOT add zone to the end of your answer!)

(a)  

10.

What zone does this data represent?

a)

Tropical

b)

Temperate

c)

Polar

d)

Subtropical

11.

What are the features of a subtropical zone?

a)

hot summers

b)

mild winters with infrequent frost

c)

likely to have fog, aridity (dry deserty) dry summers

d)

goldilock zone

e)

mild to warm summers and cool to cold winters

12.

What's your favorite zone?

a)

Tropical

b)

Subtropical

c)

Polar

d)

Temperate

13.

Which zone will most likely have the most biodiversity?

*note biodiversity means a variety of species of plants + animals

a)

Tropical

b)

Subtropical

c)

Transpiration

d)

Temperate

e)

Polar