GEOG 101 Ch 8

Which of the following would be an expected average annual precipitation total in a marine west coast climate?

100 centimeters

Which of the following has the LEAST average annual precipitation?

EF

precession

Earth's axis wobbles and causes it to point in a different direction relative to the stars in a 25,800-year cycle.

Tropical rainforest climates are the hottest on Earth.

False

Modern climatic classifications recognize five major zones by latitude.

True

The concept of climate involves almost continuous variation of temperature and other variables.

True

The most extensive of all the A climates is the Tropical savanna.

True

The Greek classification of climate included all but ________.

a knowledge of longitude

Koppen Climate Classification

a system for classifying climates that is based on mean monthly and annual values of temp and precipitation.

The textbook uses climographs. Climographs are useful in ________.

classifying climate

Kyoto Protocol

controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries

climograph

graphic representation of climate types of an area that includes the monthly average high and low temperature & the monthly average precipitation

Oxygen isotope analysis is used when studying ________ and climate change.

ice cores

obliquity

inclination of Earth's axis varies from 22.1º to 24.5º in a 41,000-year cycle.

16O

isotope of oxygen that has greater quantities in glacial ice during glacial periods

18O

isotope of oxygen that has greater quantities in the oceans during glacial periods

Milankovitch cycles

periodic changes in Earth's rotation and orbit around the sun

ice cores

pieces of ice used to track earths past weather

paleoclimatology

study of past climates

dendrochronology

study of tree rings

Tropical monsoon climates are found where ________.

the ITC comes overhead in the summer

eccentricity

the shape of the Earth's elliptical orbit varies on a cycle of about 100,000 years.