All About Climate Regions

ALL ABOUT CLIMATE REGIONS

Answer the following questions (You may use pages 49-67 in your textbook, including the maps.)

1. Define climate.

2. What factors affect climate?

3. There are three major climate zones. They are the:

~ ______latitudes

4. The word “tropic” implies what about climate?

5. What lines form the boundary for the “tropical” climate (name and degree)?

6. Name two countries that lie within the tropics.

7. How many seasons take place in the tropical climate region? Justify your answer.

8. Within what latitude lines do the mid-latitudes lie (name and degree)?

9. Name two countries within the mid-latitudes.

10. How many seasons occur in the mid-latitudes?

11. Within what latitude lines do the high latitudes lie (name and degree)?

12. What types of climates are found in the high latitudes?

13. What usually happens to temperature when elevation increases?

14. How does latitude influence the climate of an area?

15. What does the term “arid” mean when it is used to describe a climate region?

16. What type of vegetation is found in an arid climate?

17. Which would be closer to the Equator, low latitudes or high latitudes?

18. Which would usually be warmer, low latitudes or middle latitudes?

19. Describe a tundra climate.

20. What types of vegetation would be found in a savanna?

21. Does a savanna have year round rainfall? Why or why not?

22. What types of vegetation would be found in a taiga?

23. Where is the world’s largest taiga?

24. What types of vegetation would be found in a steppe?

25. What steppe area is in jeopardy? Why?

26. Describe the vegetation found near the “Hollywood” sign. What climate region is Hollywood found in?

27. What area of the United States has a Humid Subtropical Climate? How would you describe it?

28. What type of forests do we have in Marion, Virginia? What does that tell you about our climate?