Physical Geography Ch.7

Global climate change

has been linked to floods, droughts, and record high temperatures. in the next 50 years is expected to be greater than the last 18,000 years combined. is affecting weather patterns, plant and animal distributions, and melting glaciers. has increased the spread of infectious diseases.

Based on principles discussed earlier in the course, you know that if Earth's axial tilt were to decrease from 23.5 degrees to 21.5 degrees

seasonal temperatures would become less extreme

The wet season monsoon of SE Asia occurs during the ________ season due to the presence of the ________ over the continent.

summer; ITCZ

Which of the following is true of microthermal climates?

In the Southern Hemisphere, these climates develop only in highland regions.

Which of the following is true of an Ice Cap and Ice Sheet climate?

Its warmest month averages below 0 degrees C (32 degrees

The ITCZ migrates with the high Sun and influences the Tropical Monsoon climates.

True

An area defined by characteristic, long-term weather patterns is called

a climatic region.

General circulation models (GCMs) of the atmosphere

are based on statistical three-dimensional boxes that characterize portions of the atmosphere and ocean in terms of climate-related variables.

The Tropical Savanna climate has

the ITCZ in summer and the subtropical high in winter.

The spatial distribution of Earth's dry regions are attributable to all of the following factors except

the equatorial low-pressure region and the ITCZ.

Climate is

the long-term condition of the atmosphere.

Which type of plants grow in desert climates?

xerophytic