Core Concept 3 - Ecosysytems & climates

Question 1

A ____ is a park-like landscape of grasslands with scattered trees that can survive dry spells.

Accepted Answer

savanna

Question 2

___ is heaviest near the Equator, where air usually rises.

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Question 3

Northern Currents move cool water from poles to tropics, the cool water ___ air nears it.

Accepted Answer

chills

Question 4

What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere in the month of January?

Accepted Answer

summer

Question 5

The two main ways to describe both weather and climate are _____ and temperature.

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Question 6

____ act like large rivers in Earth's oceans and help spread Earth's heat and shape climate.

Accepted Answer

ocean currents

Question 7

What causes some areas of the Earth to be warmer than other areas?

Accepted Answer

tilt of the Earth's axis

Question 8

Where on Earth does air rise?

Accepted Answer

Near the Equator & in temperate zones

Question 9

Measuring the average day-to-day weather of a place over many years, you can describe the ____

Accepted Answer

climate

Question 10

Zone where the sun is overhead or nearly overhead all year is known as __, or the __ latitude.

Accepted Answer

tropics/ low

Question 11

Hurricanes affect larger areas than ____, which are swirling funnels of wind.

Accepted Answer

tornadoes

Question 12

The climate types found where there is steadily sinking air are ____.

Accepted Answer

semiarid & arid climates

Question 13

The three parts of the water cycle are _____, condensation, & precipitation.

Accepted Answer

evaporation

Question 14

___, which move heat & moisture between different parts of Earth, may lead to natural hazards.

Accepted Answer

wind and air currents

Question 15

The difference between deciduous trees and coniferous trees is that coniferous trees do not ___

Accepted Answer

lose their leaves

Question 16

Difference btwn tropical wet climates & tropical wet & dry climates is tropical wet & dry have

Accepted Answer

wet summers & dry winters

Question 17

The area between the Tropic of Cancer & the Arctic Circle is one of the Earth's two ____.

Accepted Answer

temperate zones

Question 18

An ecosystem is a network of ___ that depend on one another & their environment for survival.

Accepted Answer

living things

Question 19

Climate graphs show the average ____ for a place for each month of the year.

Accepted Answer

climate

Question 20

The area of rising air near the equator is called the ____.

Accepted Answer

ITCZ - Intertropical Convergence Zone

Question 21

By looking outside to decide what you will wear that day, you are checking the _____.

Accepted Answer

weather

Question 22

____ affects climate by affecting the air temperature near it.

Accepted Answer

water

Question 23

Areas that share similar temp & precip patterns are called ___.

Accepted Answer

climate regions

Question 24

When 2 air masses of different temps or moisture collide, 1 result of air movement may be ___.

Accepted Answer

intense storms

Question 25

In the water cycle, water vapor ____ to form clouds made up of little drops of water.

Accepted Answer

condenses

Core Concept 3 - Ecosysytems & climates

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Core Concept 3 - Ecosysytems & climates

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