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Info you should KNOW
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Tropical rainforest is found in the...
What is HUMID TROPICAL climate region
100
Less than 10" of rain hits this barren CR
What is DESERT
100
How sad... the leaves on the tress in this mixed forest are changing color and getting ready to fall off...
What is Humid Continental
100
List the THREE high latitude climates
What is ICE CAP, TUNDRA, & SUBARCTIC
100
Home Sweet Home! We are in the ____ CR.
What is Humid Continental
200
Mixed Forest is found in the...
What is HUMID CONTINENTAL and HUMID SUBTROPICAL climate regions
200
When you travel across the desert, you hit this CR.
What is STEPPE
200
You will need an umbrella here; lots of pine needles from the evergreen trees; places like Seattle experience about 5-7 days with rain each week!
What is MARINE WEST COAST
200
Permafrost, mosses, lichens, cold, need a coat
What is TUNDRA
200
Permafrost is...
What is a layer of the soil in the Tundra climate that stays permanently frozen all year long!
300
If I traveled to London, England or Dublin, Ireland, I would make sure I brought an umbrella because I would be in this CR.
What is MARINE WEST COAST
300
When I go to India, I might experience a wet monsoon
What is HUMID TROPICAL
300
Hurricanes in the Atlantic, typhoons in the Pacific, lots of nice beach weather, palm trees, bring sunscreen if you visit!
What is Humid Subtropical
300
average temp is below freeing; no human inhabitants; you probably want to bring ice grips if you do go here; penguins and seals call this CR their home; interior of Greenland & Antarctica
What is ICE CAP
300
CLIMATE is based off these three criteria...
What is TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, & NATURAL VEGETATION
400
Scrub Woodland (short, stubby trees), like the trees you see in Italy!
What is Mediterranean
400
Zebra, wildebeast, and elephants, OH MY!
What is TROPICAL SAVANNA
400
List the FOUR Middle Latitude climates
What is Humid Continental, Humid Subtropical, Marine West Coast, & Mediterranean.
400
Extreme temps... can be really cold but can experience short spurts where the temps could be in the 100s; you'll see lots of evergreen trees, especially if you visit Alaska
What is SUBARCTIC
400
Andes, Rockies, and Himalayas, OH MY!
What is HIGHLAND
500
Greenland has NO VEGETATION
What is ICE CAP
500
In what latitudes do we find DESERT AND STEPPE
What is any latitude! They are the DRY climates and can be found anywhere in the world!
500
Mild winters where precipitation is mainly rain. Named for its closeness to a well known sea near southern Europe.
What is Mediterranean
500
List places you could find the following CRs: -Subarctic -Tundra -Ice Cap
What is Subarctic- Alaska, southern Canada and southern Russia Tundra- northern Canada, northern Russia Ice Cap- interior of Greenland, Antarctica
500
List and describe the three Climate ZONES
What is Tropic Zone- low latitudes; close to the tropics, warm to hot weather , also called the Torrid (hot) Zone; places like southern Mexico, most of Africa, etc. Temperate Zone- middle latitudes; moderate changes in weather; balance between hot and cold temps; places include USA, Great Britain, most of Europe, etc. Frigid Zone- high latitudes; very cold!; northern Canada, northern Russia, Antarctica, etc.