58)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) Mediterranean
B) tropical rain forest
C) tropical savanna
D) marine west coast
59) The only interruption to the distribution of tropical forest climates across equatorial regions
are
A) several equatorial deserts caused by rain shadows.
B) the tropical savannas of Africa and South America.
C) the five distinct Mediterranean climates.
D) in highland areas, such as the Andes and Mt. Kilimanjaro.
60) The Amazon equatorial rain forest of South America, which extends from the east coast far
into the interior, has developed in response to ________ air masses which travel from ________
in the trade wind belt.
A) cT; NE to SW
B) mT; E to W
C) mT; W to E
D) mP; E to W
61) Which of the following is false regarding the tropical monsoon climate?
A) It is located along coastal areas.
B) The transition from wet to dry conditions is the result of the shifting of the ITCZ.
C) The wind direction shifts from one time of the year to the next.
D) The summer (high Sun season) is the driest time of the year.
E) Thorn forests occur on the dry margins of this region.
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62)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) Mediterranean
B) tropical monsoon
C) highland
D) humid subtropical winter-dry
63) The wet season of the tropical monsoon climate of SE Asia occurs during the season of
________ Sun due to the presence of the ________ over the continent. (low Sun = “winter” and
high Sun = “summer”)
A) low; subtropical high
B) low; ITCZ
C) high; subtropical high
D) high; ITCZ
64)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) highland
B) tropical rain forest
C) subtropical humid
D) tropical savanna
65) Mesothermal climates
A) are essentially seasonless.
B) occupy more land and sea surface area than any other climate region.
C) have a high degree of air mass interaction.
D) are sparsely populated by humans.
66) Humid subtropical hot-summer climates
A) are moist all year.
B) have a pronounced dry period.
C) can either be moist all year or have a pronounced dry period, depending on geographic
location.
67) Which is true of humid subtropical hot-summer climates?
A) Asian humid subtropical hot summer climates are influenced by the monsoons.
B) They have cold ocean currents off shore.
C) North American humid subtropical hot summer climates have cyclonic storm trackshift
overhead in the summer.
D) Their hot and rainy season occurs in the winter season.
68) Humid subtropical hot summer climates in ________; typically experience ________.
A) Asia; dry winters due to monsoonal conditions
B) Asia; wet summers due to cyclonic storm tracks
C) North America; dry winters due to cold ocean currents
D) North America; wet summers due to monsoonal conditions
69)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) humid subtropical hot-summer
B) tropical rain forest
C) humid subtropical winter-dry
D) humid continental mild-summer
70) Which is true of humid subtropical winter-dry climates?
A) The wettest summers month receive approximately 2 to 3 times more precipitation than the
driest winter month.
B) Few natural hazards occur throughout the humid subtropical winter-dry climates.
C) The winter dry season is related to the seasonal pulse of the monsoons.
D) The “driest” winter months still have at least 7.5 cm (3 inches) of precipitation.
71)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) humid subtropical hot-summer
B) tropical monsoon
C) humid subtropical winter-dry
D) Mediterranean
72)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) humid continental hot-summer
B) marine west coast
C) humid subtropical winter-dry
D) Mediterranean
73) Los Angeles, located in a Mediterranean climate zone, is kept ________ during the summer
because of the presence of ________.
A) dry; mountains along the western side of the city
B) dry; the cold California current off the coast
C) wet; mountains along the western side of the city
D) wet; the warm California current off the coast
74)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) highland
B) tropical monsoon
C) humid subtropical winter-dry
D) Mediterranean
75) Which air masses influence the humid continental hot-summer climates in North America?
A) continental polar (cP) in winter; maritime tropical (mT) in summer
B) continental polar (cP) year-round
C) continental polar (cP) in winter; continental tropical (cT) in summer
D) continental polar in summer (cP) and continental Arctic (cA) in winter.
76)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) humid continental hot-summer
B) tundra
C) subtropical hot desert
D) Mediterranean
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77)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) tundra
B) polar maritime
C) humid continental mild-summer
D) midlatitude cold desert
78) Which of the following is not true of the subarctic climate regions of Canada and Asia?
A) Permafrost occurs here.
B) Broadleaf deciduous trees, such as maple and sweetgum, dominate the area.
C) The area can experience summer temperatures in the nineties.
D) This climate zone constitutes the maximum poleward extent of forests.
E) This climatic zone experiences exceptionally large annual temperature ranges.
79)
This climograph is characteristic of which climate type?
A) tropical rain forest
B) subarctic cold-winter
C) humid subtropical winter-dry
D) marine west coast