Climate Zones

Match the following

• temperate

• 
• tropical

• 
• polar

• 
• arid

• 
• continental

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What climate zone is located near the equator where the sun is directly overhead all year?

• polar

• tropical

• desert

• temperate

Which climate zone gets the least amount of precipitation?

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• Tropical Rain Forest
• Arid

• Temperate

• Continental

What is the coldest climate zone?

• Tropical Savanna

• Humid Continental

• Steppe

• Ice Cap

The _____ climate is usually a dry, desert.

This climate zone averages 80 degree temperatures and over 100 inches of rain per year.

• Ice Cap

• Mediterranean

• Tundra

• Tropical Rain Forest

not too hot/not too cold

• temperate

• tundra

• polar

• arid

Very hot and dry

• temperate

• tundra

• polar

• arid

What climate zone is known for its vast, treeless landscape?

• Tundra

• Continental

• Tropical

• Temperate

the continental climate zone is in the ( ) of our continent

• exterior

• interior
• underground