World Climates 2

Which of the following is a factor that DOES NOT impact the climate of a place?

• Latitude

• Altitude

• Current

• longitude

In the mountainous areas, climate and vegetation are affected by

• Altitude or Elevation

• Latitude

• Longitude

• The sun

The Atacama Desert was created by the Andes Mountains. This is called a?

• Rainbow

• Rain Shadow

• Sun Shadow

• Desert

Which Biome includes call the Following?

·     Permafrost

·     Long, cold winters

·     Short, cool summers

·     The summer growing season is 50-60 days long

·     Vegetation – low lying grasses, mosses, shrubs, no trees

• Tropical grasslands

• Rainforests

• The Taiga

• Tundra

Which Biome is being described?

·     Cacti 

·     Very low unreliable rainfall, or no rainfall, dry

·     Low population density

·     Can be created by a rain shadow

• Savanna

• Deciduous forest

• desert

• taiga

The name for plant growth in an area.

• Crops

• Plants

• Forests

• Vegetation

_____ Occurs when plants and animals adjust to the rainforest

• Getting comfortable

• Adaptation

• Preciptation

• participation

What is the name for trees that lose their leaves every fall?

• Coniferous trees

• Palm trees

• evergreen trees

• deciduous trees

What is the name for the layer of permanently frozen soil?

• frozen Earth

• permafrost

• frost

• ice

This is the parklike landscape with scattered trees that can survive the dry spell.

• desert

• arid

• tropical forest

• savanna