What factors do scientists use to classify climates?
Temperature, precipitation, and vegetation
What are the six main climate regions?
Tropical rainy, dry, temperate marine, temperate continental, polar, and highlands
What are two types of tropical rainy climates?
Tropical wet and tropical wet-and-dry
In what climate do rain forests grow?
Tropical rainy: tropical wet
In what climate do savannas grow?
Tropical rainy: tropical wet-and-dry
What are two types of dry climates?
Arid and semi-arid
In what climate do steppes form?
Dry: semiarid
In what climate do deserts form?
Dry: Arid
What makes a desert a desert?
Lack of precipitation
What kind of climate is often found along the coasts of continents in temperate zones?
Temperate marine
What are characteristics of a humid subtropical climate?
They are wet and warm but not as constantly hot as the tropics.
What are winters like in a marine west coast climate?
Mild and rainy
What kind of climate is not influenced very much by the oceans so they commonly have extremes of temperature?
Temperate continental
In what hemisphere are temperate continental climates found?
Northern
Which is colder: humid continental or subarctic?
Subarctic
What are three types of temperate marine climates?
Humid subtropical, marine west coast, and Mediterranean
