Exam 20: Climate

The two most important elements in a climatic description are ________ and ________.

The humid subtropical climate dominates the ________ United States.

Compared to places at lower elevations, highland climates are usually cooler and ________.

The two most important elements in a climatic description are temperature and ________.

As a tool for presenting the general pattern of climates, the ________ classification has been the best known and most used system for more than 70 years.

The most luxuriant vegetation found in any climatic realm is the ________.

The Köppen climate classification recognizes ________ principal climate groups.

The hydrosphere refers to the snow and ice that exist at Earth's surface.

Since the mid-nineteenth century there has been an increase of more than ________ percent in the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere.

Four of the major climate groups are defined on the basis of temperature characteristics.

Af and Am climates form a discontinuous belt astride the ________.

In a climatological sense, dryness is a function of both annual rainfall and ________.

Annual temperature ranges are high throughout a humid continental climate.

Compared to nearby places at lower elevations, sites with ________ climates are cooler and usually wetter.

A savanna is a tropical grassland with scattered drought-tolerant trees.

Tropical wet and dry climates are located ________ of the wet tropics and ________ of the tropical deserts.

Which climate is situated on the western (windward) side of continents, from about 40 to 65 degrees north and south latitude?

Which one of the following is NOT a component of the climate system?

The tundra climate is a treeless climate found almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere.

The most studied and well-documented urban climatic effect is the ________.