Earth's Climate Zones

What most shapes Earth's climate zones?

• Ocean color
• Soil type
• Wind speed
• Sunlight angle

The tropical zone lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of ____.

• Virgo
• Capricorn
• Aries
• Leo

Earth is tilted on its axis by about how many degrees?

• 45
• 60
• 23.5
• 30

Rising, then sinking, air is part of which pattern?

• Gulf Stream
• Hadley cell
• Jet stream
• Rain shadow

Many great deserts form where air sinks near 30 degrees latitude.

• True
• False

Which zone lies roughly between 30 and 60 degrees latitude?

• Temperate
• Subtropical desert
• Tropical
• Polar

The Gulf Stream keeps western Europe colder than other places at its latitude.

• True
• False

Which zones are the coldest on Earth?

• Tropical
• Polar
• Temperate
• Subtropical

Where was Earth's coldest temperature (about -89°C) recorded?

• Sahara
• Amazon
• Antarctica
• Arctic Ocean

Temperatures drop as ____ rises, so tall mountains can be cold near the equator.

• humidity
• pressure
• elevation
• latitude

Water heats and cools more slowly than land, affecting nearby climates.

• True
• False

Mountains can block moisture, creating dry ____ on their sheltered sides.

• fronts
• glaciers
• monsoons
• rain shadows

Who developed the most widely used climate classification system?

• Carl Linnaeus
• Charles Darwin
• Alfred Wegener
• Wladimir Köppen

How many main climate groups does the Köppen system use?

• Seven
• Three
• Five
• Ten

In the tropical zone (Group A), average temperatures stay above ____ every month.

• 18°C
• 30°C
• 0°C
• 10°C