What are two types of polar climates?
Tundra and ice cap
What are the six main climate regions?
Tropical rainy, dry, temperate marine, temperate continental, polar, and highlands
Are polar climates relatively wet or dry? Why?
Dry because cold air holds little moisture
What are two types of dry climates?
Arid and semi-arid
What makes a desert a desert?
Lack of precipitation
In what hemisphere are temperate continental climates found?
Northern
What are two types of continental climates?
Humid Continental and Subarctic
Why are highlands a distinct climate region?
Temperature falls as altitude increases, so highland regions are colder than the regions around them.
What is permanently frozen soil called?
Permafrost
In what climate do deserts form?
Dry: Arid
What kind of climate is often found along the coasts of continents in temperate zones?
Temperate marine
Which is colder: humid continental or subarctic?
Subarctic
In what climate do savannas grow?
Tropical rainy: tropical wet-and-dry
What are two types of tropical rainy climates?
Tropical wet and tropical wet-and-dry
What kind of climate is not influenced very much by the oceans so they commonly have extremes of temperature?
Temperate continental
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
In what climate do rain forests grow?
Tropical rainy: tropical wet
What climate stretches across northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia?
Polar climate: tundra
What are three types of temperate marine climates?
Humid subtropical, marine west coast, and Mediterranean
What factors do scientists use to classify climates?
Temperature, precipitation, and vegetation
In what climate do steppes form?
Dry: semiarid