Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz 3 Factors that Affect Climate

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10 questions

Instructions

Choose the word that best matches each definition.

Required

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Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz 3 Factors that Affect Climate

Last updated over 2 years ago

10 questions

Instructions

Choose the word that best matches each definition.

Required

Question 1

Height above the sea

altitude

Gulf Stream Current

California Current

Climograph

Required

Question 2

A warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that follows the eastern coastline of the US

California Current

Gulf Stream Current

Sea breeze

Land  breeze

Required

Question 3

A cold water Pacific Ocean current that moves southward along the western coast of North America

Gulf Stream current

rain shadow

California current

lake effect

Required

Question 4

A graphical representation of the monthly average temperature and precipitation at a certain location

climograph

leeward

windward

lake effect

Required

Question 5

A local wind system characterized by a flow from sea to land during the day due to differences in air pressure and uneven heating of the land and water

land breeze

climograph

altitude

sea breeze

Required

Question 6

A local wind system characterized by a flow from land to sea during the night due to differences in air pressure and uneven heating of the land and water

sea breeze

land breeze

windward

leeward

Required

Question 7

Situated on the side that faces the wind

windward

leeward

rain shadow

altitude

Required

Question 8

Situated on the side sheltered from or that faces away from the wind

leeward

windward

altitude

California current

Required

Question 9

An area with reduced precipitation behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from the winds

lake effect

Sea Breeze

rain shadow

Land Breeze

Required

Question 10

10.

A weather phenomenon created when cold, dry air picks up moisture and heat by passing over a relatively warmer lake

Land breeze

Sea breeze

climograph

Lake effect

Question 1

Height above the sea

altitude

Gulf Stream Current

California Current

Climograph

Question 2

A warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that follows the eastern coastline of the US

California Current

Gulf Stream Current

Sea breeze

Land  breeze

Question 3

A cold water Pacific Ocean current that moves southward along the western coast of North America

Gulf Stream current

rain shadow

California current

lake effect

Question 4

A graphical representation of the monthly average temperature and precipitation at a certain location

climograph

leeward

windward

lake effect

Question 5

A local wind system characterized by a flow from sea to land during the day due to differences in air pressure and uneven heating of the land and water

land breeze

climograph

altitude

sea breeze

Question 6

A local wind system characterized by a flow from land to sea during the night due to differences in air pressure and uneven heating of the land and water

sea breeze

land breeze

windward

leeward

Question 7

Situated on the side that faces the wind

windward

leeward

rain shadow

altitude

Question 8

Situated on the side sheltered from or that faces away from the wind

leeward

windward

altitude

California current

Question 9

An area with reduced precipitation behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from the winds

lake effect

Sea Breeze

rain shadow

Land Breeze

Question 10

10.

A weather phenomenon created when cold, dry air picks up moisture and heat by passing over a relatively warmer lake

Land breeze

Sea breeze

climograph

Lake effect