Climate Review

5. During different seasons, a region will get different amounts of direct ___________.
7. Prevailing winds are named after the direction they are blowing ___________.
9. This climate zone experiences cold winters and hot summers.
10. This is the coldest climate zone and it always feels like winter.
11. This is how north or south a place is.
13. Since the Earth is tilted, we experience a change in ___________.
16. Maine experiences ___________ prevailing winds.
19. How high a place is above sea level.
20. The continuous movement of ocean water in a particular direction (2 words).
21. Higher altitudes are cooler because air _______ decreases when you get higher off the ground.
22. High latitudes get ___________ direct sunlight.
23. How high something is above the ground.

1. Latitude and temperature are both measured in _________.
2. The __________ heats the Earth unequally, which causes weather to change and climates to vary.
3. The long term average of weather for a particular place.
4. Low latitudes get ___________ direct sunlight.
6. This is the hottest climate zone and always feels like summer.
8. The sun provides _________ for the Earth.
12. Ocean currents tend to bring warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the north and south ___________ and vice versa.
13. This climate zone is mostly hot, but does occasionally get wintery weather.
14. A circular ocean current.
15. The tropical climate zone runs along the _________ at the middle of the Earth.
17. What the atmosphere is like in a particular time and place.
18. Wind that constantly blows in the same general direction in a particular region (2 words)