Name: ANSWER KEY
Climate
Regions
Temperature
Class Color: Green
Precipitation
Date:
Natural Vegetation
Latitude
Humid
Tropical
Warm and rainy year round
(have a monsoon season)
Really rainy
65” to 450” on average
Tropical Rainforest
Tropical
Savanna
Distinct wet and dry seasons
Warm year round
20” to 65” on average
Tropical Grasslands with Low Latitude
Scattered Trees
Hot days, cool nights
Wide range
Hot summers and cooler
winters. Wide temp ranges
Less than 10”
Few drought-resistant
plants. Cactus
Grassland, few trees
Hot, dry summers; mild,
wetter winters
Hot, humid summers, mild,
humid winters
15” to 20” a year
Desert
Steppe
Mediterranean
Humid
Subtropical
Tundra
Cloudy, mild summers and
cool, rainy winters
Warm summers, cool to cold
winters. Varies based on the
four seasons.
Long, cold winters and short,
cool summers (H.C. Spring)
Subarctic
Long, cold winters and short,
warm summers. (High 120)
Marine West
Coast
Humid
Continental
Ice Cap
Highland
10” to 20” a year
Rains year-rounds.
Location for many
hurricanes and typhoons
20” – 60”
Strong ocean influence
20” – 60” Varies based
on the season (mostly in
spring and winter)
Little Precipitation.
Permafrost prevents
draining into the soil
Little Precipitation.
Low Latitude
Centers around 30 degrees
Bordering deserts, interior
of large continents
Scrub woodlands and
Middle Latitudes
grasslands
Mixed forest (Coniferous Middle Latitude (east coast)
and deciduous forests)
Temperate evergreen
forests
Mixed forest (Coniferous
and deciduous forests)
No trees, low shrubs,
mosses, lichens, and
permafrost marshes
Northern evergreen
forests.
No vegetation!!
Upper Middle Latitude
(west coast)
Upper Middle Latitude (east
coast and interior of a
continents
High Latitudes (coasts)
High Latitudes (east coast
and interior of continents)
Freezing cold. In fact, it is
always below freezing
Little Precipitation. Ice
all year
High Latitudes (Polar
regions)
Colder the higher the
elevation is. Temp vary
Depends on location and Vegetation varies based High mountain regions
elevation changes
on elevation and location ANYWHERE