What are the 2 main factors that determine climate?
100
This region receives less than 10 inches a year of precipitation. Its temperatures are extremely hot or extremely cold.
What is a desert?
100
These two climate regions are extremely cold all year.
What are the Tundra and Ice Cap climate regions?
100
This climate subregion has 4 seasons with cool to warm summers and cool to cold winters.
What is Humid Continental climate?
200
This term means "the subsoil is constantly frozen."
What is Permafrost?
200
This region is usually found in a zone around deserts. Although it is mostly dry, it receives enough rainfall to produce abundant crops.
What is a semiarid climate?
200
This hemisphere has more subarctic land area than the other.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
200
This climate subregion is usually cloudy, foggy, and damp. It is close to the ocean. Precipitation is even throughout the year. You are likely to find smog here, as well.
What is Marine West Coast Climate?
300
This term means "the flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean."
What is Tundra?
300
These two regions may be wet all year or have a wet season and a dry season.
What is the difference between tropical and tropical wet and dry climates?
300
This climate subregion is named for the land around the Mediterranean Sea. It supports dense population and rich agriculture.
What is Mediterranean Climate?
300
This is the only subregion where permafrost can be found.
What is Tundra?
400
They are tropical, dry, mid-latitude, high latitude, and highland.
What are the 5 basic types of climates?
400
These regions both have long, hot summers. One has a humid summer. The other has a dry summer.
What is the difference between Mediterranean and Humid-Subtropical climates?
400
This subregion is covered in evergreen forests called taiga. Temperatures are at freezing or below freezing 5 to 8 months of the year.
What is Subarctic Climate?
400
This climate subregion is found on the eastern coasts of China, the United States, and South America.
What is Humid Subtropical Climate?
500
Others include latitude, altitude, and landforms.
What are the other factors that determine climate?
500
The northern hemisphere has all 5 of the major climate regions. The southern only has 3.
What is the difference between the climates of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
500
This climate subregion is an example of where to find Monsoons.
What is Tropical Wet and Dry Climate?
500
These two climate subregions cover most of the land in the Southern Hemisphere.
What are Tropical Wet and Dry and Desert Climates?