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Test #2 Review- The Earth and Climates (Chapters 2 & 3)
Please complete on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Define the following terms:
a. Climate
b. Weather
c. Leeward
d. El Nino
e. Doldrums
2. How does elevation affect climate?
3. Describe the climate and vegetation in each of the following latitude zones:
a. Low Latitudes
b. Mid Latitudes
c. High Latitudes
4. In what latitude zone do the polar areas lie?
5. What is the difference in leeward and windward?
6. What is the natural vegetation of a desert?
7. What are the different types of tropical climates?
8. Describe the following climate regions:
a. Mediterranean
b. Humid Sub-Tropical
9. Which climate region has the widest temperature range?
10. Define and describe the atmosphere.
11. How is the atmosphere affected by elevation?
12. What are wind patterns? How do they affect climate?
13. Define the following types of winds:
a. Prevailing Winds
b. Trade Winds
14. Draw the 6 plate boundary interactions and describe them.
15. Where does precipitation increase due to El Nino?
16. What is a climograph? Be sure you know how to read a climograph.
17. Describe the difference between erosion and weathering.
18. Understand the stages of the water cycle.
19. What is an equinox and what is a solstice? How does sunlight affect temperature and seasons?
20. What are greenhouse gases? How do they affect the environment?
21. Describe each layer of the earth.
22. Define continental drift and plate tectonics.
23. What is desalination? Why don’t people use this process on a regular basis? What countries
would be interested in using this process?
24. What are some short term and long term affects that some believe are associated with the
theory of global warming?
25. What are the two types of glaciers? How can each cause erosion?