1. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Climate Kinds of Climates Weather Phenomena People & environment Regions

2. List one Characteristic of climates

3. Precipitation, temperature, & seasons

4. Proximity to ____ can moderate a climate

5. Water

6. The tilt of the earth on its axis, causes…

7. Seasons

8. For every 1,000 feet the average Temperature drops 3 ½ degrees, this is an example of how____ influences climate.

9. Altitude (elevation)

10. Both Oregon and Connecticut are on an ocean, both are at the same latitude, and elevation, yet their climates are different. This can be explained by the fourth factor influencing climate…

11. Wind direction

12. Land which is at the equator and near water is likely to have this type of climate.

13. Tropical Rain Forest

14. Our type of climate is one of the mid-latitude climates. What type of climate do we have?

15. Humid Subtropical

16. Which mid-latitude climate has cool moist winters, and mild moist summers?

17. West Coast Marine

18. Which high latitude climate yields a lot of pine forest (taiga)?

19. Sub-Artic (taiga)

20. Mild moist winters and hot dry summers, this describes the climate of Los Angelus, it is known as a ____climate.

21. Mediterranean

22. Katrina and Rita were examples of this type of phenomena.

23. Hurricanes

24. A hurricane in the Pacific Ocean is called a…

25. Typhoon

26. A very focused storm, we get more of them in the U.S than anywhere else.

27. A tornado

28. What causes a tsunami?

29. An underwater earthquake

30. Although this isn’t exactly weather, another natural disaster--an earthquake-- is caused by what?

31. Shifting of the earth’s plates along vault lines.

32. The crops you grow, the clothing you wear, and the housing materials you use, are all influenced by the…

33. Climate (or environment)

34. What the dickens is a Polder?

35. When a wall (or levy) is built to hold back the sea, and the water is pumped out, and the country is enlarged.

36. What is terracing?

37. Carving a mountain into a staircase, in order to farm it.

38. What is going on near Africa’s Sahara Desert?

39. Desertification--in the Sahel

40. What happened at Chernobyl?

41. A nuclear accident--a radiation leak at an electric generating plant.

42. The Great Plains, the Sahara, and the Taiga would be considered a region based on their… (a) economics, (b) culture, (c) language, (d) physical geography.

43. (d) Physical Geography

44. Latin America is called a region, based on its…

45. Culture, or language

46. Nations who are members of the Organization of African Unity could be considered a region based on; (a) physical geography, (b) language, (c) politics, (d) religion.

47. Politics

48. Give an example of an area classified as a region based on perception (how we see things)

49. The Sun Belt (Florida, Cal., Texas, etc.), or the Rust Belt (Minn., Wisconsin, Michigan, PA. etc.)

50. Name a country that does not have multiple ethnic groups?

51. Japan or Korea