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| an area defined by characteristics, long-term weather patterns. |
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Global climate change has been linked to floods, droughts, and record high temperatures. |
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| the long-term atmospheric condition including extremes that may occur. |
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As distance from the equator increases, seasonal variation in temperature tends to decrease. |
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The annual temperature range of places located in the interior of a continent is greater than those located along the coast at the same latitude. |
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The coastal areas located adjacent to cold ocean currents experience less precipitation than areas located adjacent to warm currents. |
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| The least amount of precipitation occurs... |
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| on the leeward side of a mountain range in the interior of a continent. |
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The highest average values of annual precipitation occur along the equator. |
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| "Hot and wet" temperature and precipitation patterns are characteristics of... |
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| rain forests in the equatorial tropics. |
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| "Cold and dry" temperature and precipitation patterns are characteristics of... |
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| An empirical classification is based on, among other factors,... |
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| the mean annual temperature and precipitation of an area. |
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| A genetic classification system can be based on, among other factors,... |
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| the interaction of air masses. |
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| List the generalized sequence of climates from the equator to the poles. |
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Tropical
Desert
Mesothermal
Microthermal
Polar |
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The tropical rain forest climate receives most of its rainfall as a result of frontal uplift. |
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The annual temperature range of the tropical rain forest climate is larger than the daily temperature range. |
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Low-growing vegetation is dense to the tropical rain forest floor. |
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| The dry season in the tropical monsoon climate occurs when... |
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| the ITCZ is not overhead. |
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The summer is the driest time of the year in the tropical monsoon climate. |
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The tropical savanna climate is associated with a wet summer and dry winter and is dominated by the ITCZ for 6 months or less during the year. |
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The Mediterranean climate has dry summers and wet winters. |
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| Greenhouse gases act to increase temperatures by absorbing and releasing... |
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| longwave energy traveling from Earth into space. |
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| The tropical savanna climate has... |
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| the ITCZ in summer and the subtropical high in winter. |
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| The two proxy indicators used by scientists to study past climate: |
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| coral reefs and tree rings |
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| Scientists use the ________ __________ model (GCM) to predict future climate. |
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| Tundra is a type of land under continuous snow cover for 8-10 months, with the warmest month air temperature above _______ and less than _______. |
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| 0 degrees celsius;10 degrees celsius |
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