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What Factors Affect Climate?
What Factors Affect Climate?
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What is the best way to determine the climate of an area?
Record the precipitation and wind speed for several months.
Find the average weather conditions over a period of many years.
Measure the highest and lowest temperatures in a particular year.
Meausre the weather conditions one day and compare them to other days.
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Based on their locations, which places shown on the map are likely to have a temperate climate?
point D and E
points C and E
points B and D
points A and B
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Climate is what is happening in the atmosphere at a particular place and time.
False
True
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Based on the average temperatures on the graph, in what climate zone is the town most likely located?
desert
tropical
polar
temperate
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Tropical climates are.............
cold year round
warm year round
found in middle latitudes
dry year round
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Temperate climate zones...............
are warm year round
are found near the equator
are cold year round
have different amounts of precipitation
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Scientists find the climate of a place by averaging weather conditions over a long period of time.
True
False
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How does the Gulf Stream affect the climate of northern Europe?
It makes the climate more dry becuase it brings warm water.
It makes the climate more humid because it brings cold water.
It makes the climate colder because it brings cold water.
It makes the climate warmer because it brings warm water.
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Polar climate zones...........
are found near the equator
are warm year round
are found in high latitudes
have moderate temperatues
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The following environments are all in a temperate zone, which place would likely be the most hot and humid?
wooded forest
desert
mountain range
swamp
