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Climate Test Review
For help, utilize the LEMPOSA Notes, climate/vegetation chart & Chapter 3 in the textbook.
1. A wind system mainly in Tropical Humid Climate zones that causes seasons of wet and dry weather.
2. What type of climate has hot, humid summers, with mild winters of occasional frost or snow?
3. Areas of tropical grasslands, scattered trees and shrubs.
4. Word that means “dry”.
5. Trees that lose their leaves during part of the year are called___________.
6. Trees that remain green all year are called______________
7. What type of climate has the greatest annual temperature ranges in the world?
8. What type of climate receives more moisture than the deserts but less than more humid areas?
9. What climate type receives plentiful rain all year and is located in areas close to the equator?
10. What type of climate has a rich marine ecosystem despite the area constantly covered in ice?
11. What type of climate is characterized by wet and dry seasons?
12. What climate type has long, sunny, dry summers and mild, wet winters?
13. What type of mid-latitude climate has mild temperatures all year and can support temperate rain
forests?
14. Permanently frozen soil.
15. What climate type supports vegetation such as lichens, mosses, herbs and low shrubs—trees can’t
grow here. Temperatures are only above freezing during the very short summers.
16. Community of plants and animals in an area.
17. What types of climates have the most diverse plants and animals?
18. Which type of climate experiences four distinct seasons?
19. Describe Highland climate.
20. What three factors (LEMPOSA) can create arid or semi-arid climate?
21. What is the point at which trees cannot grow?
22. What type of climate is almost non-existent in the Southern Hemisphere? Why?
23. Can there be swamps in Tundra climate? Why or why not?
24. What word describes the vast evergreen forests in the north?
25. What is the climate in north Texas?
26. What is the name of the desert in South America caused by cold ocean currents?
27. What explains the huge seasonal temperature range in Kansas?
28. What word refers to mid latitude climate’s four seasons?
29. What is another name for rain-shadow or mountain-barrier effect?
30. What are the three zones of latitude?
31. What characteristics of the earth make latitude the most important climate factor?
32. Why is it weird that it can snow in Ecuador and why is it possible that it can snow in Ecuador?
33. What factor most explains the Sahara desert?
34. Give two reasons Europe is warmer than it should be at the latitude it is located.
35. What mountain range is on the eastern border of California?
36. Why does a large body of water have a moderating effect on climate?
37. What is the major climate type of Australia? Why?
38. What is the most common climate type in Canada? Why?
39. What factor (LEMPOSA) explains the Tropical Humid climate in South America?
40. What is the difference between savannah grassland and steppe grassland?