Question 1

Which of the following is true regarding humid continental hot-summer and humid continental mild-summer climates?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humid continental mild-summer climates are located further equatorward than humid continental hot-summer climates.
B)  Overall,humid continental mild-summer climates receive more precipitation than humid continental hot-summer.
C)  Agriculture is not feasible in humid continental mild-summer climates due to the cooler weather,whereas it is very important in humid continental hot-summer climates.
D)  Snowfall is notably heavier in humid continental mild-summer climates than in humid continental hot-summer climates and plays an important role in soil moisture recharge.
E)  The humid continental hot-summer and mild-summer climates are influenced by a single air mass year-round.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a causal element of microthermal climates?

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing seasonality
B)  latitudinal;effects on temperature
C)  very limited continentality
D)  cyclonic activity
E)  large diurnal and annual temperature ranges

Question 3

Which of the following is false regarding the Mediterranean classification?

Accepted Answer

A)  Summers are hot.
B)  Seventy percent of the precipitation occurs in the winter months.
C)  Summers are influenced by shifting subtropical high cells.
D)  The bulk of precipitation occurs in the summer months.
E)  Cool offshore ocean currents produce stability in the overlying air masses.

Question 4

This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mediterranean
B)  tropical monsoon
C)  highland
D)  humid subtropical winter-dry
E)  semi-arid steppe

Question 5

Major ecosystems determined largely by climatic regions and classified largely based on predominant vegetation are called

Accepted Answer

A)  associations.
B)  zoogeographic regions.
C)  biomes.
D)  climate zones.
E)  ecotones.

Question 6

Which is true of humid subtropical winter-dry climates?

Accepted Answer

A)  The winter dry season is related to the seasonal pulse of the monsoons.
B)  They have cold ocean currents offshore.
C)  Though rain falls in every season,spring receives 5 times more rainfall than autumn.
D)  They extend poleward from adjacent tropical rain forest climates.
E)  It is sparsely populated.

Question 7

Insolation,the energy input for the climate system,is largely determined by

Accepted Answer

A)  latitude.
B)  altitude.
C)  location of high pressure cells.
D)  upper atmospheric circulation.
E)  local and regional winds.

Question 8

Marine west coast climates are dominated by what air masses?

Accepted Answer

A)  continental polar (cP) 
B)  maritime tropical (mT) 
C)  continental tropical (cT) 
D)  continental Arctic (c
A)  
E)  maritime polar (mP)

Question 9

A climate classification based on temperature and precipitation is a(n) ____classification.

Accepted Answer

A)  empirical
B)  genetic
C)  combined
D)  conjectural
E)  theoretical

Question 10

You have been asked to design a new climate classification system.Will it be based on causative factors (i.e. ,a genetic classification)or statistics (i.e. ,an empirical classification system),or a combination thereof? What factors will you consider in your classification?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

Accepted Answer

A)  tropical savanna
B)  marine west coast
C)  Mediterranean
D)  subtropical hot steppe
E)  highland

Question 12

Which air masses influence the humid continental hot-summer climates in North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  continental polar (cP) and maritime tropical (mT) ,especially in winter
B)  continental polar (cP) year-round
C)  continental polar (cP) and continental tropical (cT) ,especially in summer
D)  continental polar (cP) in summer and continental Arctic (c
A)  in winter.
E)  continental Arctic (c
A)  year-round

Question 13

Humid subtropical hot-summer climates receive ___ precipitation during the summer and ____ precipitation in the winter.

Accepted Answer

A)  convectional;frontal
B)  frontal;convectional
C)  orographic;frontal
D)  frontal;orographic
E)  convectional;orographic

Question 14

This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

Accepted Answer

A)  humid subtropical winter-dry
B)  tropical savanna
C)  humid continental mild-summer
D)  midlatitude cold desert
E)  Mediterranean

Question 15

____ is a mesothermal climate with a long,hot,dry summer.

Accepted Answer

A)  Tropical savanna
B)  Semiarid steppe
C)  Mediterranean
D)  Humid subtropical hot-summer
E)  Humid continental hot-summer

Question 16

Tropical climates are typically located

Accepted Answer

A)  straddling the equator between 20° N/S.
B)  all areas of the Earth influenced by a subtropical high pressure system.
C)  primarily in areas associated with cold ocean currents.
D)  higher latitudes influenced by continental tropical air masses.
E)  almost exclusively at high altitudes due to closer proximity to the sun.

Question 17

Mesothermal climates

Accepted Answer

A)  are essentially seasonless.
B)  occupy more land and sea surface area than any other climate region.
C)  have a high degree of air mass interaction.
D)  are sparsely populated by humans.
E)  have very little seasonal variability.

Question 18

This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

Accepted Answer

A)  highland
B)  tropical rain forest
C)  subtropical humid
D)  midlatitude cold desert
E)  tropical savanna

Question 19

In order to maintain optimal cacao growing conditions as global temperatures rise,

Accepted Answer

A)  more moisture resistant varieties are being developed.
B)  producers are clearing more land for planting.
C)  production is occurring at lower latitudes.
D)  seeds are being stored in anticipation of global chocolate shortages.
E)  cacao cultivation will need to move uphill into more limited terrain.

Question 20

The two factors that determine the distribution of the four distinct dry climate regimes are

Accepted Answer

A)  longitude and seasonality of monsoons.
B)  latitude and the amount of moisture deficit.
C)  hemisphere and proximity of cold ocean currents.
D)  location of Hadley cells and location of Ferrell cells.
E)  jet stream and Rossby waves.

Exam 9: Earth’s Climatic Regions

Mesothermal climates

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Which air masses influence the humid continental hot-summer climates in North America?

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The two factors that determine the distribution of the four distinct dry climate regimes are

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Which of the following is false regarding the Mediterranean classification?

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This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

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In order to maintain optimal cacao growing conditions as global temperatures rise,

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Which is true of humid subtropical winter-dry climates?

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Which of the following is not a causal element of microthermal climates?

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____ is a mesothermal climate with a long,hot,dry summer.

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This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

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This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

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Insolation,the energy input for the climate system,is largely determined by

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This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?

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Tropical climates are typically located

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Marine west coast climates are dominated by what air masses?

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You have been asked to design a new climate classification system.Will it be based on causative factors (i.e. ,a genetic classification)or statistics (i.e. ,an empirical classification system),or a combination thereof? What factors will you consider in your classification?

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A climate classification based on temperature and precipitation is a(n) ____classification.

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Major ecosystems determined largely by climatic regions and classified largely based on predominant vegetation are called

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Which of the following is true regarding humid continental hot-summer and humid continental mild-summer climates?

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Humid subtropical hot-summer climates receive ___ precipitation during the summer and ____ precipitation in the winter.

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