Which two climate zones can have snow in the winter?

Polar climate zone and temperate climate zone

What are physical characteristics?

The natural landforms of a place

What are climate zones?

The regions of Earth, based on the climate found there

The relative location of a place is what?

A places location when compared to somewhere else

The average weather of a place over a long period of time

What is not an example of relative location?

30 degrees west & 45 degrees north

The amount of water vapor in the air

Describe the climate zones that can have hot weather all year.

Desert climate zone and tropical climate zone.

What is the meaning of elevation?

How far above sea level an area is

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1
Which two climate zones can have snow in the winter?
Mediterranean climate zone and tropical climate zone
Polar climate zone and tropical climate zone
Polar climate zone and temperate climate zone
Mediterranean climate zone and temperate climate zone
2
What are physical characteristics?
The language spoken in a place
The animals that live in a place
The natural landforms of a place
The physical activities done in a place
3
What is not an example of types of wind?
Wind Chill
Trade Winds
Prevailing Westerlies
Polar Easterlies
4
What line is located a 0 degrees and runs north to south?
Prime Meridian
Line of Origins
The Center Line
Equator
5
What is not an example of a physical feature?
Glaciers
Mountains
Language
Rivers
6
What are climate zones?
When extreme weather happens at a place
The average weather of a place over a long period of time
The regions of Earth, based on the climate found there
An unusual weather event that people didn’t expect
7
The relative location of a place is what?
Physical Feature found there
A places location when compared to somewhere else
Longitude/Latitude
Geographic coordinates of a place
8
In which climate zone is California found?
Mediterranean
Tropical
Desert
Temperate
9
What is the term used to measure how hot or cold the air is?
Climate
Temperature
Precipitation
Humidity
10
What is climate?
The average weather of a place over a long period of time
The regions of Earth, based on the weather found there
When extreme weather happens at a place
An unusual weather event that people didn’t expect
11
What is not an example of relative location?
60 miles east of Lake Tahoe
100 miles west of Sacramento
1 hour south of San Francisco
30 degrees west & 45 degrees north
12
The absolute location of a place is measured by?
Relative location
Longitude and Latitude
Temperature
Fahrenheit
13
What is not an example of precipitation?
Fog
Rain
Snow
Sleet
14
What is the line that judges the distance north or south of the equator?
Longitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
Latitude
15
What is humidity?
The amount of water vapor in the air
Flow of glasses on a large scale
Measure of how hot or cold the air is
Liquid or solid water that falls from clouds to the ground
16
Describe the climate zones that can have hot weather all year.
Temperate climate zone and Mediterranean climate zone
Temperate climate zone and tropical climate zone
Desert climate zone and tropical climate zone.
Desert climate zone and Mediterranean climate zone
17
What is the meaning of elevation?
The distance between two areas
The movement up in down between two levels
The water vapor in the air
How far above sea level an area is

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