Climate
Climate Factors
Climate Change
Climate 2
Climate Zones
100
The pattern of weather that occurs in an area over many years.
climate?
100
If you live on the windward side of a mountain, your climate would be described as...
cool and wet?
100
The name of the natural process that stores heat in the atmosphere.
Greenhouse Effect?
100
Dr. Cummins' wants to retire in this very cold climate zone
Polar
100
The climate zone of Antarctica
What is Polar
200
The state of the atmosphere at any particular time or place.
What is weather?
200
Koppen’s developed his system of climate classification by examining these two factors.
What are temperature and precipitation?
200
List two natural causes of climate change
movement of continents, volcanic activity, solar energy, Milankovitch cycles
200
This is the primary cause of Earth's seasons.
What is Earth's axis tilt?
200
This climate zone has the greatest variety of climate types.
What is the temperate zone?
300
The name given to the region on Earth’s surface found between 23.5°N and 23.5°S latitude.
What is the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?
300
If you live on the leeward side of a large mountain range, your climate would most likely be classified as.
What is Dry Arid or Semiarid?
300
This type of short term climate change that occurs every 2-7 years is caused by a weakening of the trade winds
What is El Nino
300
The cause of surface ocean currents.
What is wind?
300
The climate that is represented by the red graph is..
Temperate
400
This is the reason that San Diego has little temperature variation throughout the year
What is It is near a large body of water which has a high specific heat
400
List three important greenhouse gases
What are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane
400
List two ways scientists study ancient climates
glacial scars, tree rings, ice cores, fossil evidence
400
The reason that the Himalayan mountains are snow covered even though they border the tropical and and desert climate zones
What is high elevation
400
Which climate zone is this?
Desert