EXAM 2: 7
The largest amount of tropical rainforest is on the continent of _____.
South America
The _____ climatic type has, by far, the smallest annual temperature range of an climatic type.
Af
The greatest one-day range of temperature was recorded in a BWh climate in _____.
Algeria
Which of the following has the LEAST average annual precipitation?
Aw
The tundra climate is bounded on its poleward side by the average annual _____ celsius isotherm.
0
The mountain, or H climates, exhibit a vertical temperature decrease on the order of _______ celsius per 300 meters of elevation increase.
2 degrees
The intertropical convergence is most closely associated with which of the Koppen system's major climate types?
A
"Continentality" is a term most closely associated with which climatic type?
D
Of the main Koppen climate zones, _____ is the only one that does not occur in the souther hemispheres.
D
In most classification schemes, which principal indicator is used to delineate five zones and their subtypes?
Vegetation zones
Presently, the most widely used classification system was derived by ______.
Wladimir Koppen
The world's greatest annual average temperature range is in a Dfd climate in _____.
Yakutsk, Siberia
Steppe climates can be thought of as occupying transitional positions between deserts and ______.
humid climates
In the Tropical Monsoonal climates, summer is NOT the warmest season because of ______.
increased cloudiness
City A and City B are located 500 km from one another and are the same latitude. City A has a much greater temperature range than City B. The most likely explanation for this fact is that City A ______.
is in a more continental climate than City B.
The greatest day-to-day and seasonal contrasts of climate are found in the _____ climates
middle latitude
The B climates are dry most usually because of lack of _____.
moisture in the air.
Where in the world does average daily temperature exceed the annual temperature range?
the tropical latitudes
Vertical zonation of vegetation is particularly prominent in which region?
tropical highlands
The Koppen system of climatic classification _______.
uses data difficult to obtain