Grade 6 Science: Review for Test on Climate

The ozone hole above Antarctica is expanding.

Deep ocean currents are warm.

Downwelling brings up a new supply of nutrients to the ocean surface and creates good fishing.

The long-term, average conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds is ___.

What is caused by the tilt of Earth's axis as Earth travels around the sun?

Latitude is the elevation above sea level.

La Nina is a temporary warm water event in the Pacific Ocean.

Deep ocean currents are caused by the difference in density of ocean water, based on salinity.

A small area with climate conditions that differ from those around it is ___.

Factors that influence temperature include

Surface ocean currents have hot or freezing air above them and influence inland climates.

Fertile soil turning into dust bowls, rising ocean temperatures, and increases in oxygen are __

CFCs are a major cause of ozone depletion.

The Tropical Zone is located near the North Pole.

The Temperate Continental Climate, only found in the Northern Hemisphere, has short summers.

The Polar Bear climate, located in the tundra, is the coldest climate.

If it is Spring in the northern hemisphere, it is Fall in the southern hemisphere.

The Marine West Coast has mild, rainy winters and summer monsoons.

The Polar Zone is the warmest region.

What are land and sea breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons?

Dry climates are in semi-arid edges of the desert.

Surface ocean currents can be ___.

The Humid Subtropical Marine Climate is dry and cold.

In the Highlands, temperature decreases as altitude increases.

World Climate Zones are based on latitude.

Global Warming is the gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere.

As altitude increases, so does temperature.

Tropical snowy climates rain year round and have distinct dry and and rainy seasons.

Permafrost is permanently frozen tundra soil.

Dry climates are arid deserts and have more than 25 cm of precipitation per year.

The Temperate Zone is between the Tropical Zone and the Polar Zone.

The ozone layer protects us from ultraviolet rays.

The Mediterranean Marine Climate has mild winters and summers.

The Highlands are surrounded by regions colder than them.

CFCs are chloroflurocarbons.

La Nina is a temporary cold water event in the Pacific Ocean.

The side of the mountain that the wind hits first and rain or snow falls is the ___ side.

In the tropical wet-dry region, tropical grasslands are called ___.

A forest in which large amounts of rain fall year round is the ___.

The Green House Effect is the process by which Earth's atmosphere traps solar energy.

CFCs are chemical compounds used in

Deep mixing machines move and mix water all around the world.

Melting glaciers and rising sea levels are possible effects of Global Warming.

The downwind side of a mountain, where little precipitation falls, is the ___ side.

Whitehouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere.

The movement of cold water upward from the deep ocean is called upwelling.

Factors that influence precipitation include

Surface ocean currents are mainly driven by global winds.

The Ice Age was a time in the past when the glaciers covered large parts of the Moon's surface.