Day 3 WG A Independent Practice/Quiz-Earth/Sun Relationships

Seasons are determined by the earths location in relation to the _____.

• moon

• other planets

• sun

• stars

When the earth is tilted towards the sun it is summer in the ______ hemisphere.

• southern

• northern

• eastern

• western

When the earth is tilted away from the sun it is summer in the _______ hemisphere.

• southern

• nothern

• eastern

• western

The most important determination of climate is _________.

• Ocean currents

• Mountains

• Longitude

• Latitude

The three climate zones are ________,_________, and _________.

• Polar, temperate, tropical

• Artic, temperature, tropical

• Polar, temperature, tropical

• Artic, temperate, tropical

The _______ climate zone is closest to the equator and the ______ climate zone is farthest away.

• temperate, polar

• polar, tropical

• tropical, polar

• tropical, temperate

The higher the elevation of a place the more ____ it is.

• hot

• cold

• humid

• dark

The rain shadow effect is ________.

• when there is rain on both sides of a mountain

• when there is no rain on either side of a mountain

• when it rain on one side of a mountain, but not the other

• when a shadow is cast on one side of a mountain, and no vegetation can grow