Chapter 8

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Humid

Steppe climates can be thought of a occupying transitional positions between deserts and humid climates.

Land area

The B climate types takes up the most:

Uplift

The B climates are dry most usually because of lack of __________ in the air.

Continentality

A term most associated with D climates is:

EF

All months have average temperatures below freezing in the _____ climatic type.

Dry summer subtropical

Another designation for the Mediterranean climate is:

June

Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere and the maximum precipitation in its Csa climate type falls in the month of:

Halved

By some estimates, the annual average extent of Northern Hemisphere sea ice has _____ since the 1950s.

AF

"Night is winter" is best applied to the __________ climate.

Climographs

Charts which show average monthly temperatures and precipitation are:

Semiarid

Deserts are arid; steppes are:

Vegetation types

In most classification schemes, the principal indicator that is used to delineate five zones and their subtypes is:

Steppe

In the BS climate type, the "S" stands for:

Southern

The D climates is the only one that does not occur in the __________ Hemisphere.

Precipitation

The Köppen system of climate classification is based on temperature and _____.

Tropical

The _____ climate has the smallest annual temperature range of any climatic type.

Canada

The area most associated withD climates is_____

Tropical

The average daily temperature exceeds the annual temperature range in the _____ latitudes.

Glaciers

The current rise in global sea level can be attributed to melting of _____.

Middle latitudes

The greatest day to day and seasonal contrasts of climate are found in the __________ climates.

South America

The site of the world's record lowest average annual precipitation is on the continent of:

Antarctica

The world's highest average annual wind speed can be found in:


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