Weather & Climate Chapter 4

What is a clue to what ancient climates were like?

Climates are classified according to what two major factors?

Oceans make the temperatures of nearby land ___________.

Humid continental and subarctic climates are examples of _________________ climates

The __________ Hemisphere receives fewer direct rays from the sun in January than in July.

A tropical wet climate exists in the U.S. only in the state of ___________.

Summers are caused by...

Regions that receive less than 25 cm of rain annually are called __________ climates.

The ___________ climate has cool summers, bitterly cold winters, and permafrost.

The burning of wood, coal, and natural gas produces

The land on the _____________ side of a mountain range is in a rain shadow

Temperate __________ climates have cold winters.

Some scientists theorize that continental movements may cause climate changes

__________________ filters harmful UV radiation from the sun.

The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as

The climate zones lying between 23.5 degrees and 66.5 degrees N and S latitude are called....

The sun's rays are least direct near the poles.

The most recent major ice age in North America extended as far as

The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a ____________ climate

Over the last 120 years, the average temperature of the troposphere has ______________.

Because of high ___________, Mt. Kilimanjaro has a cool climate all year.

Near the end of both ______ and ________ neither end of Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun.

Permafrost and mosses, lichens, and wildflowers are common in the ____________ climate.

The three temperate marine climates have....

Climate changes may be linked to changes in _______ on the surface of the sun.

The seasons are caused by...

Temperate temperature zones occur between tropical and polar zones

As many as four ice ages have occured on Earth during the past ______________ years.

Cold periods when large parts of the Earth's surface were covered with sheets of ice.

___________ is the trapping of energy from the sun by Earth's atmosphere.

A cool type of climate found at the tops of mountains and surrounded by other climate regions.

An arid or semiarid climate occurs where precipitation is _________ than potential evaporation.

During the ice age, Earth's sea level ___________ .

Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, were used in the past in....