Chapter 3 Climates of the Earth: Read the Chapter and Answer the Questions Below

Chapter 3 Climates of the Earth: Read the chapter and answer the questions below

Lesson 1 Earth – Sun Relationships

1.  What is the difference between weather and climate? What is the weather and climate today?

2.  Define axis? What degree is the earth tilted? What does the tilting of the earth cause?

3.  Define rotation: How long is one rotation?

4.  Define earth’s revolution? How long is one revolution?

5.  What is the difference between an equinox and solstice?

6.  Define and give degrees of the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer:

7.  Where are the Poles? What degrees are the Poles?

8.  Define Midnight Sun:

9.  What is the Greenhouse Effect?

10.  Name atmosphere gases?

Lesson 2 Factors Affecting Climate

11.  What is the low latitude zone and give examples:

12.  What is the high latitude zone and give examples:

13.  What is the midlatitude zone and give examples:

14.  Why does wind occur?

15.  What is the purpose of ocean currents?

16.  What are prevailing winds?

17.  How are winds named?

18.  Define doldrums

19.  What causes ocean currents?

20.  Name types of precipitation:

21.  How do mountain ranges affect climates? Use the vocabulary words windward and leeward and rain shadow

Lesson 3 World Climate Patterns

22.  What are the 4 climate zones?

23.  Define tropical climates:

24.  Define Tropical Rain Forest and give an example of one

25.  Define tropical wet/dry climates: Where would you find these?

26.  What are the 2 types of dry climates?

27.  Define deserts and give examples

28.  Define coniferous:

29.  Define oasis:

30.  Define humid subtropical

31.  Define prairie

32.  Define coniferous

33.  Define deciduous:

34.  What is a Mediterranean climate?

35.  Define subarctic climate:

36.  Define tundra

37.  Define ice cap regions:

38.  How has the average temperature increased over the last century?

39.  Why is there climate change?

40.  What are some types of greenhouse gas emissions?

Vocabulary Chapter 3

Biome Rain shadow greenhouse gas solstice steppe

El Nino Coriolis effect permafrost desert equinox

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