Unit 3: Weather and Climate Quiz Topic: Climate controls & world climates (A)

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1 Unit 3: Weather and Climate Quiz Topic: Climate controls & world climates (A) Name 1. Explain how the Gulf Stream influences climates thousands of kilometers from its source of origin. 2. Latitude and altitude influence climates in much the same way. Explain why this is so. Refer to the diagram on the right to answer questions 3 to Give the name for climate A. Africa A. Give the name for climate B. 5. List 1 climate control that influences climate A. South Americ B Equator 6. What climate is shown by the graph on the right? 7. List one climate control for this climate. 33 mm. Name the climate that is characterized by extremely heavy rain for approximately 6 months of the year

2 Unit 3: Weather and Climate Quiz Topic: Climate controls & world climates (B) Name 1. List 2 climate controls that influence the West Coast Marine climate of BC. 2. Name the climate of area A on the map. 3. Name climate B on the map. A B. What climate is shown by the climate graph X? Climate Graph X Africa 5. What climate is shown by climate graph Y? 6ºC 16 mm Climate Graph Y 37 mm 6. What climate control plays the greatest role on the temperature differences of 2 climates, one located at the equator and the other located near the north pole? 7. How does a mountain barrier influence the climate of a region?

3 Topic: Biomes, climates, soils Name a b 3 3 5a 7 Use the world map above, climate graphs, photographs and biome data to answer the questions below. 1. Name the climate type shown by the graph on the right. T 2. At which location on the world map would this climate be found? 3. Name the biome which corresponds with this climate type.. List 2 serious threats to this biome

4 Topic: Biomes, climates, soils Name 5. Which climate graph on page 16 is associated with Biome Data A? 6. Which number on the world map on p. 1 shows the biome described by Biome Data A? Characteristics short growing season mosses and lichens caribou migration Biome Data A 7. Which map location would best represent the biome in Photograph 1 below?. List 2 ways the vegetation in Photograph 1 has adapted to the climate conditions in this region. a. b. 9. Which climate graph on p. 16 is associated with the biome in Photograph 1? Photograph

5 Topic: Biomes, climates, soils Name Q R S 31 mm U C L I M A T E G R A P H S V 529 mm T 16 mm 129 mm 33 mm

6 Topic: Biomes, climates, soils Name Photograph 2 Use Photograph 2 above to answer questions Which map location on p. 1 best represents the biome in Photograph 2? 11. Name this biome. 12. Which climate graph on p. 16 best represents the biome shown in Photograph 2? 13. List three serious threats to this biome. 1. Which human activity listed below best represents this location? Circle the correct letter. a. grain farming b. fruit production c. softwood logging d. cattle ranching 15. Name the soil of this region.. Why is this soil so acidic? 16. Give 2 ways that the conifer trees of this region combat the effects of heavy winds

7 Topic: Biomes, climates, soils Name Use Biome Data B below to answer questions Which map location best represents the biome data on the right? 1. Identify the natural vegetation found in this biome. Characteristics rainshadow region convection rainfall in summer months Biome Data B 19. Which of the following human activities best represents this location? a. citrus fruit growing b. softwood lumber industry c. deciduous hardwood harvesting d. ranching and grain growing 20. Which climate graph from p. 16 is associated with this biome data? 21. Name the soil type in Biome Data B above? 22. For this soil, which of the following is a prominent soil forming process? a. leaching b. capillary action Use the illustration below and the climate graphs on page 16 to answer questions Which map location best represents the biome in this illustration? 2. Choose the correct climate graph from p. 16 which best represents the biome in this illustration. 25. List 2 threats to this biome

8 Topic: Biomes, climates, soils Name Use Biome Data C to answer questions Which map location best represents Biome Data C? 27. Name the climate of this region. Characteristics low pressure belt wet all year broadleaf evergreen forest, lianas Biome Data C 2. List 2 ways the vegetation in this biome has adapted to the climate conditions in this region. 29. List 3 serious threats to this biome. 30. The soil of this biome is severely leached. Define leaching. 31. Explain why the soil of this region is the most severely leached soil on world

9 Topic: Biomes and climate zones Name A C Equator D M B E F World Map I G J H K B L Refer to the above world map when answering the questions below 1. Name the climate region found at map location K. 2. Which location in North America has a desert climate? 3. List 3 climate controls that may play a role in creating a desert climate. a. b. c.. List 2 ways that plants in location A have adapted to living in the cold conditions. List 2 major threats to this biome. 5. Which climate region is found at location B?

10 Topic: Biomes and climate zones Name 6. The annual temperature range at location B is great with bitterly cold winters and relatively warm summers. Account for the extreme temperature range in this region. 7. Much of the precipitation in this area comes in the form of convection rainfall during the summer months. Explain why.. At location H, the Namib Desert extends from the shores of the south Atlantic Ocean inland. What climate control is responsible for creating such dry conditions so close to an ocean? 9. Choose the location in North America that has a humid subtropical climate. What is the natural vegetation of this region? 10. How has the vegetation in this region adapted to surviving the winter? 11. Which map location is associated with schlerophyll, maquis, chaparral vegetation, and average monthly temperatures that remain above 6 degrees Celsius. 12. What is the natural vegetation at location C? 13. Savanna grassland is found at which map location? Name 3 animals that you may see in the savanna grassland of Africa. Why are there only scattered trees in this biome? 1. Name the biome found at map location L. 15. Name the climate type at location I? 16. At location I what climate control plays a role in moderating winter temperatures? 17. Location E is in the southeast United States but still receives the occasional winter cold spell that can be accompanied by snow. Explain why it can get so cold in this area in winter

11 Topic: Soil profiles Name a b 3 3 5a 7 Refer to the biome map above when answering the questions below. For each chosen biome 1. Name the biome 2. Name the climate type 3. Name the soil and sketch the soil profile. Describe how the vegetation has adapted to the climate 1. Map location 1 Biome: Climate: Soil type: Plant adaptations: Soil profile

12 Topic: Soil profiles Name 2. Map location 2 Biome: Climate: Soil type: Plant adaptations: Soil profile 3. Map location 3 Biome: Climate: Soil type: Plant adaptations: Soil profile. Map location Biome: Climate: Soil type: Plant adaptations: Soil profile

13 Topic: Biosphere Terminology Name Fill in the blanks choosing the correct term from the box below. laterite deciduous microtherm podzol silviculture wetlands xerophytes biome lianas biotic chernozem leaching sierozem prairie fertilizers terracing humus capillary action extirpation fallow transpiration herbivores permafrost food chain pampas extinction terra rosa abiotic crop rotation carnivores photosynthesis steppe 1. Drought loving plants of desert regions. 2. The red iron rich soil of tropical rain forests is called. 3. Non-living components of ecosystems are referred to as.. Animals that feed on plant tissue are known as. 5. is the sticky partly decomposed organic matter at the soil surface. 6. A plant that can endure low temperatures is a. 7. The science of caring for our forest lands.. Dissolved nutrients are brought to the surface in dry areas by this process. 9. refers to the local elimination of a species. 10. Flesh eating consumers are called. 11. refers to the loss of water vapour from plants to atmosphere. 12. Acidic soil of coniferous forest region. 13. Living components of ecosystems are referred to as. 1. Death of all members of a species. 15. Temperate grasslands of North America found in the rainshadow of great mountain ranges. 16. This sandy soil has a poor profile and is found in desert regions. 17. Frozen subsoil in the sub-arctic is called. 1. A bi-product of this process is oxygen. 19. This nutrient rich soil is found in temperate grasslands of North America and Asia. 20. The cause of growing number of dead zones in our oceans. 21. Soil found in the Mediterranean region with chaparral vegetation

14 Topic: Biosphere Terminology Name 22. Grassland region stretching from Asia to China is called. 23. Dissolved nutrients are taken deep into the lower soil layers by this process. 2. These grasslands are found in Argentina. 25. trees drop their leaves and remain dormant through the cold winter months. 26. The movement of energy through a system is known as a. 27. A planetary ecosystem that has specific plants and animals is known as a. 2. This process allows the native vegetation to flourish and over several years the nutrient content of the soil recovers naturally. 29. Tropical rain forest vines. 30. This farming method conserves nutrients in the soil keeping soils healthier. 31. is a method of farming on severe slopes that significantly reduces water erosion. 32. Conservation of these will help minimize the reduction of birds of all types

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