Name: __________________________________________ Period: _________________
Chapter 3, Section 2
(p. 54-56, 59-63)
1. List the four major factors that influence the climate of a region:
a.
b.
c.
d.
2. Why do winds not blow in a straight line?
3. In the Northern Hemisphere the winds turn to the _______, and in the Southern Hemisphere
the winds turn to the ________. This bending of the winds is called the Coriolis Effect.
4. Warm water ocean currents flow ________________________________________, while
cold water ocean currents flow ____________________________________.
5. True or False (Circle): Winds blowing over the ocean currents affect the climate of the lands
that the winds cross.
6. True or False (Circle): Ocean currents do NOT affect the amount of precipitation received.
7. Geographers divide the earth into ______ general zones of latitude.
8. List the zones of latitude:
a.
b.
c.
12. Tropical zones are found on __________________________________ and
extend to the _________________________________ in the Northern
Hemisphere and the _______________________________ in the Southern
Hemisphere.
13. Lands in ___________ __________ are hot all year long.
14. The high-latitude polar zones, which encircle the North Pole and South Pole, are
_______ all year long.
15. The earth’s two temperate zones lie at the _______________ latitudes, between the tropics
and the polar regions.
16. Within the temperate zones, climates can _______________, ranging from relatively hot to
relatively cold. These variations occur because __________________ is greater in the
summer than in the winter.
17. Elevation is the:
18. As altitude increases, the air temperature _________ and therefore the climate gets _______
as you go to an elevated location.
19. To define a climate region, geographers must make generalization about:
20. List the two most significant factors in defining different climates:
a.
b.
22. What is the most common method to describe climate patterns?
21. List the five general climate regions:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
23. The TROPICAL WET sub region is always ______ and rain falls almost
_________. Tropical wet climates are found in __________________________
___________________________________________.
22. The TROPICAL WET AND DRY climate is so named because the sub region
has a ________________________________________________________.
Tropical wet and dry climates are found next to topical wet climates in
________________________________________________.
23. The SEMIARID climate sub region does receive precipitation, just not very much.
Summers are ________ and winters are ________________. The climate is
found _____________________________________________ and some around
deserts.
24. This sub region contains some of the most productive agricultural lands in the
world: _______________________
25. Deserts are categorized according to the amount of ____________ and can be
_____ or _______. Deserts receive less that ____ inches of rain per year.
26. What is the Mediterranean climate named after?
27. Describe the Mediterranean climate:
28. Marine West Coast climate is frequently ________, __________ and _________.
29. True or False (circle): Marine West Coast is located far away from the ocean.
30. Precipitation in marine west coast climate regions is ______________________
___________________ throughout the year.
31. What characterizes the Humid Subtropical climate?
32. Humid Subtropical climates are found on the east coast of continents and are often subject to
___________________.
33. A great variety in temperature and precipitation characterizes the _____________
_______________________ climate, which is found in the mid-latitude interiors of
Northern Hemisphere continents.
34. Evergreen forests called _________ cover the lands in the ____________ sub region.
35. In the SUBARTIC region the winters are always very ________________.
36. Write the definition of TUNDRA: _____________________________________
_______________________________________________.
37. The tundra is almost exclusively located in the ____________________ hemisphere.
38. The tundra has ______________________________, land that is constantly frozen.
39. Snow, ice, and permanently freeing temperatures characterize the ____________ region,
which is so cold that is rarely snows.
40. The ___________________________ climate caries with latitude, elevation, other
topography and continental location.