Exam 12: Climate Change

The climate of a city situated high in the mountains of the middle latitudes would, according to Köppen, be classified as ____.

According to Köppen's classification of climates, marine climates are observed in the United States mainly along ____.

The Köppen scheme for classifying climates employs annual and monthly averages of ____.

The Köppen system classifies the world's climate regions based on dominant vegetation types and monthly average precipitation.

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair or group of selections. You might expect to find record TEMPERATURES | PRECIPITATION in a mountainous region in the tropics.

The climate of a large state or small nation is called a mesoclimate.

Thawing of an upper layer of permafrost would most likely be observed in which climatic type?

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair or group of selections. Would LONGITUDE or LATITUDE generally have the greatest effect on a region's climate?

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair or group of selections. The coldest region on earth is the NORTH | SOUTH pole.

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair or group of selections. The Pacific high found off the West Coast of the United States moves NORTH | SOUTH in the summer.

The climate classification for a region where copious rains fall throughout much of the year, except for a short one or two month dry period, would probably be ____.

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair or group of selections. Do the isotherms on a map of mean annual temperatures usually lie in a NORTH-SOUTH or an EAST-WEST orientation?

The topmost part of soil will thaw out and become swampy and muddy in a region with a polar tundra climate.

There are certain regions of the world that stand out as being wet or dry. Where do we find the wettest and driest climates of the world? Explain why these global precipitation patterns occur.

Which climate type would normally have the highest afternoon temperatures during the summer?

The climate of an area about the size of a town would be described as a(n) ____.

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair or group of selections. Sinking air is best established and the driest conditions are found on the EASTERN | WESTERN side of a subtropical high pressure center.

Average monthly temperatures that exceed 32 ° F but remain below 50 ° F is characteristic of ____.

A taiga forest would be found in which climatic type?

In Köppen's system of classifying climates, dry climates are designated by the letter ____.