World Geography Chapter 3 Weather and Climate

Question 1

Climate region: hot summers and mild winters. Wet, gets hurricanes and typhoons

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Humid subtropical

Question 2

_______ winds are winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of the Earth

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Prevailing

Question 3

Generally, the higher the latitude, the ____ the temperature

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colder

Question 4

Thunderstorms can also produce _______, another type of dangerous storm.

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tornadoes

Question 5

A wide range of temperature and precipitation. It all depends on your elevation and location.

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Highland

Question 6

The water's temperature affects the ___ temperature near it.

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air

Question 7

Dry, with long cold winters and short warm summers

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subarctic

Question 8

Mild, nice and dry in the summer, a little wetter in winter but not too cold.

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Mediterranean

Question 9

Which is NOT a reason different parts of the Earth receive different amounts of solar energy?

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Ocean currents

Question 10

Cloudy, mild summers and wet cool winters.

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Marine west coast

Question 11

A dry area on the non-windy side of a mountain is a ____.

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rain shadow

Question 12

Most _____ occur when two air masses collide.

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storms

Question 13

Temperature __ with elevation.

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decreases

Question 14

Large bodies of water make the temperature _____.

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milder

Question 15

Freezing cold, snow and ice and NO plants

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Ice cap

Question 16

Air and water heated by the sun are constantly ___.

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moving

Question 17

Earth's ____ causes prevailing winds to hook east or west.

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roatation

Question 18

Hurricanes and typhoons are the same, but hurricanes start in the Atlantic, typhoons in the __.

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Pacific

Question 19

Sunny and dry, with wide temperature ranges from day to night

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Desert

Question 20

Cold all year, with only a short, cool summer. Permafrost, no grass or trees.

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Tundra

Question 21

Warm air flows ____ the equator

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away from

Question 22

The area near the equator are the ____ latitudes.

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low

Question 23

Four very distinct seasons. Long, cold winters and short warm summers

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Humid continental

Question 24

Climate region: warm all year, wet all year.

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Humid tropical

Question 25

As the Earth moves around the sun. the part of the Earth that is tilted towards the sun ___.

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changes

Question 26

Cool air is ____ than warm air.

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heavier

Question 27

Warm all year, with a dry and a wet season. Tall grasses and a few trees

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Tropical savanna

Question 28

Dry, with hot summers, cold winters. Short grasses, no trees

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Steppe

Question 29

Solar energy rays are stronger and more direct near the ___.

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equator

World Geography Chapter 3 Weather and Climate

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World Geography Chapter 3 Weather and Climate

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