Exam 10: Global Climate Systems

Tropical climates have inconsistent daylengths and insolation throughout the year.

Mediterranean climates are characterized by winter precipitation maximums.

What does one find along the periphery of hot deserts,where shifting subtropical high pressure cells create a distinct summer-dry and winter-wet pattern?

Despite limited precipitation in subarctic climates,subsurfaces are often partially or totally frozen.

This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

Shifting subtropical high pressure systems may create drier conditions in otherwise humid mesothermal climates.

Tropical monsoon climates are found principally in the interior of continents in the equatorial region.

Tropical,subtropical hot steppe climates experience seasons characterized by dry summers and somewhat wetter winters brought about by the shifting of the subtropical high.

This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

Why are annual temperature ranges near the southern tip of Greenland,in the Bearing Sea,northern Iceland,South Georgia Island,and northern Norway low despite their high latitude?

Describe the weather components that combine to produce climate of the area in which you live.

The condition of the atmosphere at any given time and place is called climate.

In general,as one moves to higher latitudes,summers transition from hot to warm to cool.

Which is defined as an area with characteristic,long-term weather patterns?

The bulk of the world's population lives within the Tropical climates.

Taller trees in tundra climates may increase albedo.

Temperature and precipitation are the principal components of climate.

Which air mass appears to predominately influence the humid subtropical region?

Chaparral is a type of vegetation found in subarctic climates.

Which of the following is best describes the Mediterranean classification?