study for ch. 4 quiz over climate and climate change
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| What is the average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds,and clouds in an area called? | climate
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| What causes the seasons? | the tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun
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| What 2 factors are used to classify climates? | temperature and precipitation
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| What climate zones lie between 23.5 degrees and 66.5 degrees north and south latitudes? | temperate zones
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| What climate region receives less than 25 centimeters of rain each year? | desert
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| What climate region has permafrost, mosses, lichens, and wildflowers? | tundra
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| What temperature zone lies between the tropical and polar zones? | temperate
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| Because Earth's axis is ______________, the hemispheres receive different amounts of solar energy at different times. | tilted
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| What are the tropical grasslands called that are found in the tropical wet-and-dry climate region? | savannas
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| In what climate region do trees not grow, has short, cool summers, and bitterly cold winters? | tundra
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| What cool climate is found at the tops of mountains and is surrounded by other climate regions? | highlands
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| What are forests in which plenty of rain falls all year called? | rain forests
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| What major climate region has the sub-climates of tundra and ice cap? | polar
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| What is the gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere called? | global warming
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| What in the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane, traps energy? | greenhouse gases
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