Classifying World Climates Study Questions

1 To familiarize students -with the Koppen climate classification system

2 To provide an understanding of the interactive factors that produce climatic variation.
3 To illustrate the basic characteristics of each of the major climatic zones and their principal subdivisions.
4. To detail the vegetation characteristics of each climatic zone.
Answer the following questions:
1 What we refer to as climate is actually a generalization about average weather conditions over time. True or false7
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2. Three of the main variables used to classify climates are:
a. temperature, precipitation, and the pattern of human settlement
b. temperature and the distribution of animal life and natural vegetation
(c.) temperature, precipitation, and distribution of natural vegetation
d. none of the above
3. By systematically describing the distribution of world climates, we can improve:
a. our understanding of the variations of life on earth b. our planning for future use of resources
c) both a and b d. neither a or b
4. Match the basic description of the major climate zones with the corresponding letter in the Koppen system:
A 1. Temperate and humid, or mild midlatitude climates
B 2._ Hot and humid, or tropical climates
C 3. Frigid, or polar climates
D 4. ' : . Dry, or steppe and desert climates
E 5. ' , - ' Cold and humid, or severe midlatitude climates
5. "H" has been added to Koppen's system to describe a 1. uidiilo^ d climatic type.
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a. a type of thunderstorm b. an Arabic word for rain
@a seasonal wind shift that brings alternate d. any unusually heavy rain
wet and dry weather
7. Desert conditions prevail when amounts of precipitation are low, and rates of evaporation are high. True or false?
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8. The Mediterranean climate type is found only along the shores of southern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa
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9. Severe midlatitude climates are associated with large C?\ Vi\ 'VU T land masses.
10. Large bodies of water tend to moderate the climates of adjacent lands. True or false?
11. Severe midlatitude climates have a wide range of temperature fluctuations and very distinct seasonal changes True oj
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12. Because of low JLw|r rates, much of the sub-arctic landscape is waterlogged.
13. Polar climates have high precipitation rates. True or false? \& l.SA/
14. Tundra refers to a type of:
.a^soil^ b. glacier ___ __ .<Q vegetation d. storm
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15. Variations in highland climates are a function of ^uLA#U vO.^
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