Climate Review activity

How do ocean and winds move heat and energy?

• Winds have no impact on temperature changes.
• Ocean currents only affect marine life.
• Ocean currents and winds move heat and energy by redistributing warm and cold water and air across the planet.
• Heat and energy are only moved by tectonic activity.

What does decaying insects and bacterias create?

• Nutrients and organic matter for soil enrichment called Humus

• Airborne pollutants and allergens
• Inedible food sources for animals
• Toxic waste and harmful chemicals

What are the two dry/arid climates?

• Desert and steppe

• Monsoon and Humid Subtropical
• Continental and Polar
• Tropical and Temperate

where do food chain began?

• Food chains begin with producers, such as plants.
• Food chains are initiated by carnivores like lions.
• Food chains begin with herbivores such as rabbits.
• Food chains start with decomposers like fungi.

What absorbs minerals, grasses and water from the soil?

• Leaves
• Stems
• Roots
• Flowers

what are ecosystems influenced by?

• fire and Drought

• Animal behavior and migration patterns
• Geological formations and tectonic activity
• Plant species diversity

Desert and tundra plants tend to be what type of plants?

• Deciduous and evergreen trees
• simple

• Aquatic and terrestrial plants
• Hydrophytes and mesophytes

Little rain and cold winters describes what climate?

• subartic climate

• Savanna climate
• Temperate oceanic climate
• Tropical rainforest climate

Highland climates are characterized as?

• Low elevation, warmer temperatures, and consistent rainfall.
• High elevation, warmer temperatures, and dry conditions.
• Low elevation, cooler temperatures, and high humidity.
• High elevation, cooler temperatures, and varied precipitation called mountains.

Hurricans and typhoons are caused by which climate?

• Humid subtropical.

• Desert climate
• Temperate climate
• Arctic climate