Tropical
What two climates are in the tropical zone?
Humid Tropical and Tropical Savanna
What are the two climates in the Dry zone?
Desert and Steppe
What are the three polar climates?
Subarctic, Tundra, Ice Cap
Name the 4 Temperate climates.
Mediterranean, Humid Subtropical, Marine West Coast, and Humid Contintntal
Name all the climates in the Highland zone.
Highland
Which climate is on or near the equator?
Humid Tropical
Which climate is found mainly bordering deserts and interiors of large continents?
Steppe
What is the only state to have an Ice Cap climate?
Alaska
What type of climate does Wisconsin have?
Humid Continental
Where can we find highland climates?
In high mountain regions
Which climate has tall grasses and scattered trees?
Tropical Savanna
Which climate is sunny and dry, with cooler temperatures in the middle latitudes but hot in the low latitudes?
Desert
What climate has no vegetation?
Ice Cap
Most of Florida is what type of climate?
Humid Subtropical
Describe what it is like in a Highland region.
Wide range of temperatures and precipitation amounts depending on your eleveation.
Describe what a Tropical Savanna climate is like.
Warm all year with distinct rainy and dry seasons.
Describe a Steppe climates vegetation.
Shorter grasses with some trees and shrubs by water.
What climate is cold all year and has very long, cold winters, and very short cool summers? It also has little precipitation and permafrost.
Tundra
What climate is cloudy, mild summers and cool, rainy winters? It also has a strong ocean influence.
Marine West Coast
Where in the Highland region would you find the tundra climate?
High Elevations
What is the only state in the United States to have a Humid Tropical climate in it.
Hawaii
Which state is mostly covered by desert?
Nevada
What polar climate covers most of Alaska?
Subarctic
What climate has dry, sunny warm summers? It also has mild, wetter winters and is found at the middle latitudes on the west coast.
Mediterranean
What is the most mountainous state in the United States?
Alaska