USA Climate
Arizona is part of this climate zone?
What is Desert?
This climate region is always hot with an average temperature of 80*. It also rains almost daily. What climate is this?
What is Tropical Wet?
This factor helps determine the climate of a region due to the ______ of the land above sea level?
What is Elevation?
What is the name for the natural disaster that is shaped like a funnel in the sky?
What is Tornado?
The Midwest (Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, etc.) land in this climate zone?
What is Humid Continental?
This climate is flat, treeless land that forms a ring around the Arctic Ocean. What is it?
What is Tundra?
The closer to the equator, the ____ it will be.
What is warmer/hotter
What is a heavy storm that has wind speeds higher than 35 miles per hour and reduces visibility?
What is a Blizzard?
Northern California, Oregon and Washington run along the coast. What is the climate zone the coast is a part of?
This climate region does receive precipitation, just not very much. Summers are hot and winters are cold. What region is it?
What is Semiarid?
The farther from the equator the ______ it will be.
These types of storms form over warm tropical waters. What are they?
What are Hurricanes?
The Southern States (Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, etc.) land in which climate zone?
What is Humid Subtropic?
Snow, ice, and permanently freezing temperatures characterize this region, it is so cold, that it rarely snows. What is it?
These currents help distribute the sun's heat from one part of the world to another. What type of currents are these?
What are wind currents?
A long period of time without rain or very minimal rainfall is called a _______?
What is a Drought?
Souther Florida is the only part of the US in this climate zone. What is it?
What is Tropical Wet and Dry?
Evergreen forests cover the lands in this region. Huge temperature variations between summer and winter. Summer is short and cool, and winter is always cold. What is it?
What is Subarctic?
These currents are like rivers flowing in the ocean. Moving warm waters away from the away from the equator and the cooler water back towards the equator. What kind of currents are these?
What are ocean currents?
When water spreads over land that is usually not covered by water. This is called a ______?
What is a Flood?