Exam 20: Climate

What is the three-cell model?

What are the dominant plants in the rainforest?

Surface winds that have been deflected by the Coriolis effect and that blow steadily toward the equator to blow reliably are called the ____________________.

Storm fronts pass over cities more quickly than they do over the surrounding countryside.

The polar easterlies and the prevailing westerlies converge at the ____.

How is the polar front formed?

The ____________________ is characterized by dry summers, rainy winters, and moderate temperature that is named for a sea between Europe and Africa.

____ deposits tell us that Antarctica was once located close to the equator.

The ____________________ is the high-altitude wind marking the boundary between cold polar air and the warm, moist westerly flow that originates in the subtropics.

What is a tropical savanna and where are they found?

The Sun is the ultimate energy source for winds and evaporation.

Air rises at the convergence of the prevailing westerlies and the polar easterlies, forming a low-pressure boundary zone called the ____________________.

Describe the rainfall for a temperate rainforest and where they are located.

____________________ are communities of plants growing in large geographic regions and characterized by a particular climate.

A ____________________ is a climate type that is characterized by high rainfall during the wet months and a relatively short dry season.

The climate of cities is measurably different from that of the surrounding rural regions.

Surface winds moving toward the equator are deflected by the Coriolis effect, so they blow from the ____ in the Northern Hemisphere.

The ____ zone, which supports the taiga biome, is the northernmost portion of the humid midlatitude climate zone.

____ are communities of plants living in a large geographic area with a certain climate.

How are the prevailing winds formed and what is their direction of flow?