Understanding Climate Classifications: Genetic vs. Empirical, Quizzes of Geography

Download Understanding Climate Classifications: Genetic vs. Empirical and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 What are the 5 climate categories? (in order) DEFINITION 1 TropicalMesothermalMicrothermalPolarHighlandDry TERM 2 Climate is weather _______ DEFINITION 2 overtime TERM 3 What are the two classifications of climate? DEFINITION 3 Genetic Classification Empirical Classification TERM 4 What climate classification is based on stats and numbers? DEFINITION 4 Empirical Classification TERM 5 What climate classification is based on causative factors? DEFINITION 5 Genetic Classification TERM 6 "Near the equator is going to be warmer because there is more evaporation likely to condense" is an example of what kind of classification? DEFINITION 6 Genetic classification TERM 7 Climate classifications based on temperature and precipitation are examples of _____ classification DEFINITION 7 Empirical TERM 8 The precipitation line in a tropical rain forrest climate.... DEFINITION 8 doesn't change- constant year round TERM 9 The precipitation line in a tropical monsoon climate.... DEFINITION 9 fluctuates- there is a clear flip between summer (wet) and winter (dry) TERM 10 What categorises a savannah climate? (i.e.. conditions) DEFINITION 10 warm and dry TERM 21 Where do we see little seasonality? What kind of climate? DEFINITION 21 Near the equatorIn tropical climates TERM 22 Why are tropical environments not always raining? DEFINITION 22 If air is stable, we get clear skies. So probably because high pressure is influencing it. TERM 23 Why do we get monsoons? DEFINITION 23 Land-sea breezes TERM 24 What causes land-sea breezes? DEFINITION 24 air travelling from high to low pressure (cold to warm).In winter the land is cooler and in summer the ocean is warmer TERM 25 Why do we get afternoon thunderstorms? Where is this common in the US? DEFINITION 25 Because it gets too hot and we get convectional lifting Florida TERM 26 Why does fog form? DEFINITION 26 Either because air cools off or water is added to the air TERM 27 Why does water stick together? DEFINITION 27 Polarity- because the molecules stick to each other TERM 28 What's the idea behind hydrogen bonding? DEFINITION 28 water has strong bonds which creates surface tension and causes capillarity TERM 29 Question in final: Weather forecasting has been improved because of? DEFINITION 29 Answer will be all of the above TERM 30 Alto are DEFINITION 30 middle level clouds TERM 31 Cirro are DEFINITION 31 high clouds TERM 32 Nimbo/ nimbus are DEFINITION 32 clouds that have precipitation TERM 33 Strato are DEFINITION 33 straight/ flat clouds TERM 34 Cumu are DEFINITION 34 Puffy clouds TERM 35 Cumulonimbus are DEFINITION 35 storm clouds