Exam 20: Climate

The lowest recorded temperature in North America was ________ at Snag Yukon, Canada, in February 1947.

Climatic zones are often based on different types of vegetation that result from the prevailing climatic conditions. Considering such zones, what are some of the potential problems when using fossil plant assemblages to interpret ancient climates? What are some of the factors (geological or otherwise), that would influence your conclusions?

The ________ climate is also referred to as a Mediterranean climate.

Winterless climates with all months having a mean temperature above 18˚C are known as ________ climates.

List the three trace gases that, along with carbon dioxide, are contributing to a future global increase in temperature.

The largest stretch of continuous forests on Earth coincides with a subarctic climate.

The dry-summer subtropical climate is the only humid climate that has a strong winter rainfall maximum.

________ is often described as being an aggregate of weather.

The subarctic climate is often called the ________ climate.

Wintertime precipitation in ________ and ________ climates is chiefly associated with the passage of fronts connected with traveling middle-latitude cyclones.

What are the three variables used in the Köppen system to establish the boundary between dry and humid climates?

The two types of dry (B) climates are desert and ________.

For more than 70 years, the best-known and most used climate classification system has been the ________ classification.

The largest area of Cfb climate is located in Europe.

The name ________ climate is often used as a synonym for the dry-summer subtropical climate.

The combustion of ________ has added great quantities of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

The climate in which temperatures average 25˚C or more each month and total precipitation for the year is high is the ________ climate.

Earth's low-latitude deserts and steppes coincide with the ________ pressure belts.

The ________ climate is located on the eastern sides of continents, in the 25- to 40-degree latitude range.

The ________ climates are land-controlled climates, the result of broad continents in the middle latitudes.