Exam 12: Climate Change

What is permafrost?

Which section of the United States is most likely to experience a persistent subsidence inversion during the summer?

The highest temperatures on the earth occur in ____.

Temperatures across the United States have been warming in recent decades, which may cause climate boundaries to shift in some areas. Discuss how to assess this situation.

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair or group of selections. Along the West Coast of the United States, the greatest precipitation amounts occur during the WINTER | SUMMER.

In a dry climate, ____.

Deserts that experience low clouds and drizzle tend to be found mainly ____.

Mediterranean climates are characterized by ____.

Regions where potential evaporation and transpiration exceed precipitation are classified as dry climates.

One would most likely experience steppe vegetation in a ____.

The earth's rainforests are found in ____.

In a tropical wet-and-dry climate, the dry season occurs with the ____.

To be considered a moist continental climate, ____.

A city on the west coast of the United States with mild winters and a long cool summer would have a ____ climate.

Despite the fact that the average monthly temperature never rises above freezing, a variety of plant types are able to survive in a polar ice cap climate.

Describe what a drought is. What was the "Dust Bowl" of the United States and how was it created?

A humid subtropical climate is found in what region of the United States?

Which climate type normally has the largest annual range in temperature?

Savanna grass would most likely be associated with which climate type?

What is a monsoon?