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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: Climate
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1. Climates where evaporation exceeds precipitation are called ________ climates.
2. The ________ climates are land-controlled climates, the result of broad continents in the middle latitudes.
3. The leeward sides of mountains are typically dry and are often arid enough to be referred to as ________.
4. The ________ climate is located on the eastern sides of continents, in the 25- to 40-degree latitude range.
5. The most luxuriant vegetation found in any climatic realm is the ________.
6. Winterless climates with all months having a mean temperature above 18˚C are known as ________ climates.
7. In a climatological sense, dryness is a function of both annual rainfall and ________.
8. The two most important elements in a climatic description are temperature and ________.
9. The largest area of marine west coast climate is located in ________.
10. The ________ west coast climate is situated on the western (windward) side of continents from about 40 to 65 degrees north and south latitude.
11. Almost ________ of Australia is desert.
12. Which one of the following is NOT a component of the climate system?
13. For more than 70 years, the best-known and most used climate classification system has been the ________ classification.
14. The subarctic climate is often called the ________ climate.
15. The combustion of ________ has added great quantities of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
16. The two types of dry (B) climates are desert and ________.
17. Köppen believed that the distribution of ________ was an excellent expression of the totality of climate.
18. The magnitude of a temperature increase due to greenhouse warming will probably be smallest in the ________.
19. The ________ sides of mountains are often wet.
20. Compared to places at lower elevations, highland climates are usually cooler and ________.
21. Earth's low-latitude deserts and steppes coincide with the ________ pressure belts.
22. Within the A group of climates, the two main types are wet tropical climates and tropical ________.
23. The name ________ climate is often used as a synonym for the dry-summer subtropical climate.
24. The humid subtropical climate dominates the ________ United States.
25. Af and Am climates form a discontinuous belt astride the ________.

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