Climate and Seasons

A hurricane in Asia

• Monsoon

• Typhoon

• Tornado

• Vortex

Wind and water currents are (pick all that apply)

• always still

• constantly slowing

• always in motion

• impact weather and climate

Permafrost would be found in

• tundra

• desert

• rainforest

• steppe

A biome is

• underwater

• rainforests only

• all the worlds ecosystems

• a regional ecosystem

When the day and night are the same length (choose all that apply)

• Fall and Spring

• Summer and Winter

• Solstice

• Equinox

2 ways to measure height

• elevation

• altitude

• longitude

• latitude

This traps solar energy

One cause is burning of coal/fossil fuels

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Outhouse effect

• Greenhouse effect

The longest day of the year is on the

• summer solstice

• winter solstice

• fall equinox

• spring eqinox

The shortest day of the year is on the

• summer solstice

• winter solstice

• fall equinox

• spring equinox

Rain shadows happen on the _________ side of mountains

• rainward

• windward

• leeward

• wayward