Exam 15: World Climates

Mountains often have rainy climates on their windward slopes and dry climates on their leeward slopes.

Semiarid climates are also called_________ climates.

For many tropical wet and dry (Aw) stations in the Northern Hemisphere, April and May are often warmer than June and July.

The ________is also called taiga.

The principal cause of desertification is:

Subtropical deserts have scanty, erratic precipitation because:

Dry climates are always at low latitudes (within 10° of equator).

Climates with an average temperature during the coldest month between - 3°C and 18°C are part of the_______ climates according to the Köppen climate system.

Which of these is closely linked to the location of the major pressure and wind systems?

We would normally expect more snow to fall each winter in the subarctic climate than in the humid continental climate.

The first known attempt at classifying climates was made by:

London and Vancouver are both found in marine west coasts climates.

You would expect most of the rainfall in the wet tropics (Af and Am) in midmorning.

The tropical rain forest consists primarily of jungle.

In order to be considered permafrost, soil must have a temperature that remains below 0°C continuously for two years or more.

The____ supports some plant life but no trees.

The latitude of a place is important for its climate since latitude determines:

For Köppen, the ____best demonstrated the totality of a climate.

The monsoon season associated with the Aw climates of Southeast Asia is partially caused by the migration of:

Katabatic winds are caused by gravity.