Which of the following describes El Niño?

Reversal of ocean currents & water temps in mid-Pacific reg.

How are the causes of ocean currents similar to those of wind patterns?

Causes: Earth rotation, air pressure, different water temp.

Which of the following statements explains how elevation influences climate?

Earth atmosphere thins as altitude increases (cold climate)

Why do parts of the low latitude zone have warm to hot climates?

They receive direct rays from the sun year-round.

What determines the direction of prevailing winds?

Latitude and the Earth's movement

What causes doldrums?

Horizontal movement of trade winds subsides, warm air rises.

Which is an example of how precipitation can affect and be affected by temperature?

A sudden cloudburst cools off a hot summer day.

What is the first step in the formation of a rain shadow?

Warm, moist air from oceans is pushed upward.

When do the North Pole and the South Pole receive nearly continuous, but indirect, sunlight?

When either North or South Hemisphere is tilted toward sun.

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Ch. 3 Climates of the Earth Lesson 2: Factors Affecting Climate

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1
In which region might you come across doldrums?
Near the Equator
South of the Tropic of Capricorn
North of the Tropic of Cancer
In either the North or the South Pole
2
Which of the following describes El Niño?
Dry areas develop on the leeward sides of mountain ranges
Reversal of ocean currents & water temps in mid-Pacific reg.
Annual strong winds & severe flooding in SE Asia & Australia
Seawater flows in oceans, caused by global winds at Equator
3
How are the causes of ocean currents similar to those of wind patterns?
Causes: Earth rotation, air pressure, different water temp.
Caused by relationship between elevation of place and temp.
Ocean currents move in diagonally, like prevailing winds.
Ocean currents caused by even light, like winds rely on Sun.
4
Which of the following statements explains how elevation influences climate?
Thinner air at lower elevations, lowering temperatures.
As elevation increases, temperatures rise.
Earth atmosphere thins as altitude increases (cold climate)
Mountains at higher elevations receive direct sunlight.
5
Why do parts of the low latitude zone have warm to hot climates?
The lower the elevation, the higher the temperatures.
The Earth's poles receive continuous, indirect sunlight.
The Earth's atmosphere thins as altitude increases.
They receive direct rays from the sun year-round.
6
What determines the direction of prevailing winds?
Rising air near the Equator
Latitude and the Earth's movement
Calm areas at the edge of the Tropics
Diagonal movement of air
7
What causes doldrums?
Wind in a region blows in fairly constant direction .
Water vapor forms atmosphere from evaporated surface water.
Horizontal movement of trade winds subsides, warm air rises.
Diagonal movement of prevailing winds increase in a region.
8
Which is an example of how precipitation can affect and be affected by temperature?
As clouds form and block the sun, the temperature drops.
A sudden cloudburst cools off a hot summer day.
Cold ocean currents cool the land that they pass.
Warm ocean currents bring warmer temperatures.
9
What is the first step in the formation of a rain shadow?
Rising air cools & releases moisture in as precipitation.
Warm, moist air from oceans is pushed upward.
Precipitation falls on the windward side of the mountain.
Hot, dry air causes dry areas on leeward side of mountains.
10
When do the North Pole and the South Pole receive nearly continuous, but indirect, sunlight?
When either North or South Hemisphere is tilted toward sun.
When midlatitude zone faces the sun, receiving direct rays.
Either North or South Hemisphere is tilted away from sun.
When low latitude zone faces sun, receiving indirect rays.

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