Climate Changes

Question 1

Is the weather of a specific region averaged over a long periodof time.

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Climate

Question 2

Refers to short term atmospheric conditions.

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Weather

Question 3

A Russian-German geographer, meteorologist, climatologist and botanist.

Identified Broad Climate Regions and classifications of climates.

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Wladimir Koppen

Question 4

3 classifications of Climates

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1. Temperature
2. Precipitation
   3.Vegetation

Question 5

Measurement of how hot or cold a certain place is

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Temperature

Question 6

Refers to all forms of liquid or solid water partcles that form in the atmosphere and then fal to the earth’s surface

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Precipitation

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A general term for the plant life of a region

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Vegetation

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6 Main Climate Regions

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1. Tropical Rainy
2. Dry
3. Temperate Marine
4. Temperate Continental
5. Polar
6. Highlands

Question 9

Constant high temperatures

Found in low-lying lands near equator

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Tropical Rainy

Question 10

2 types of Tropical Rainy

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1. Tropical wet
   -Hot/Humid
   -Many Rainy Days
2. Tropical wet-&-dry
   -Has a wet and dry season
   -Less rain forest

Question 11

Covers 30% of Earth’s land area

Makesup the largest climactic zone

Precipitation is low and Vegetation is rare

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Dry Climate

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2 types of Dry Climate

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1. Arid
   -Deserts
   -Little precipitation
   -Hot, sandy or rocky
2. Semi Arid
   -Dry but receives precipitation (yearly)
   -Gets enough rainfall for short grasses and bushes to grow

Question 13

Have mild temperatures

Not tooo cold or too hot

Humid

Have mild winters

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Temperate Marine

Question 14

3 types of Temperate Marine

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1. Mediterranean
   -Coastal climate that is drier and warmer than West Coast Marine
2. Humid Sub - tropical
   -Warm/Humid summers and cool winters
3. Marine West Coast
   -Mild winters and cool summers

Question 15

Only found on continents in the Northern Hemisphere

Some of parts are near at the arctic circle

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Temperate Continental

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2 types of Temperate Continental

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1. Humid Continental
   -Hot, humid summers and cold winters with moderate precipitation year round
2. Sub - arctic
   -Short, cool summers and long, cold winters with light precipitation

Question 17

Coldest Climate

Avg. temps below 50F in warmest month

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Polar Climate

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2 types of Polar Climate

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1. Tundra
   -Stretches from nothern Alaska, Canada and Russia
   -Short cool summers, bitterly cold winters
2. Permafrost
   -Permanently frozen land, water cannot drain away so the soil is wet and boggy in summer
   -No trees grow, but moss/grass/shrubs grow

Question 19

Cooler and Wetter than nearby lowlands.

Temp decreases with altitude

Short summers, long, severe winters

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Highlands Climate

Question 20

3 factors that affect the climate of an area

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1. Latitude
2. Altitude
3. Bodies of Water

Question 21

It is the distance (in degrees) to the North and South from the Equator

It is an — that is parallel to the equator

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Latitude

Imaginary Line

Question 22

The Sunrays hit the Earth at this angle

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Curved

Question 23

As the latitude increases, temperature —

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decreases

Question 24

The air temperature decreases as the altitude —

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increases

Question 25

It is the study of the Earth’s climate and the factors that affect past, present and future climatic changes

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Climatology