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In which zone does the temperature stay cool to bitterly cold?
polar zone
temperate zone
tropics
2
A cyclone that forms over the Atlantic Ocean is called?
tornado
hurricane
tropical cyclone
3
What climate has limited precipitation, cool summers and very cold winters?
tundra
maritime
subarctic
4
What climate has hot temperatures, heavy rainfall year round and is clustered near the Equator?
maritime
humid subtropic
tropical wet
5
Which zone is found north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle?
temperate zone
tropics
polar zone
6
What climate has year round precipitation with mild winters and hot summers?
humid subtropical
maritime
tropical wet and dry
7
What word is a measure of how hot or cold the air is?
weather
precipitation
temperature
8
What word means the average weather of a place over years?
temperature
precipitation
climate
9
What word means water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail?
temperature
precipitation
weather
10
Which zone is usually hot year round?
temperate zone
polar zone
tropics
11
What climate is close to the poles and has cool summers and bitterly cold, dry winters?
subarctic
arid
tundra
12
What climate has a wet season during the summer and a dry season in the winter?
tropical wet and dry
humid subtropical
semiarid
13
Which climate is wet all year and is along an ocean coast where moist wind blows onshore?
arid
maritime
humid subtropical
14
Which zone is located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
tropics
temperate zone
polar zone
15
A swirling funnel of wind that can reach speeds of up to 200 miles an hour are called?
tornado
tropical cyclone
hurricane
16
What is the area of rising air near the Equator called?
intertropical convergance zone
tropics
latitude
17
What word means the condition of the air and sky at a certain time?
temperature
climate
weather
18
Which zone is located between the tropics and the polar zones?
temperate zone
tropics
polar zone
19
Which zone has a hot summer, a cold winter and a mild spring and fall?
temperate zone
polar zone
tropics
20
What word means the height above sea level?
altitude
intertropical convergance zone
temperate zones
21
Which climates are dry and occur where there is steadily sinking air?
arid & semiarid
tropical wet & tropical wet and dry
tundra & subarctic
22
An intense rainstorm with high winds formed over the ocean in the tropics is called?
tornado
tropical cyclone
hurricane
23
True or False- As altitude increases, temperature decreases?
False
True
24
Which zone is the sun overhead or nearly overhead all year?
temperate zone
polar zone
tropics
25
In which zone is the sun below the horizon or near the horizon all year?
polar zone
temperate zone
tropics