Chapter 8
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:
