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Chapter 20

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The major difference between a wet tropical region and a tropical wet and dry region is ________.
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Precipitation
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The ________ climate is located on the eastern sides of continents, in the 25- to 40-degree latitude range.
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humid subtropical
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Coastal Alaska and Norway are in the ________ group of climates.
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humid middle-latitude, mild winters
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The wet tropics are limited to areas ________.
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below 1000 meters of elevation
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In the past approximately 100 years, global temperatures have ________.
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increased by nearly 1°C
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The humid subtropical climate dominates the ________ United States.
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Southeastern
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Earth's low-latitude deserts and steppes coincide with the ________ pressure belts.
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subtropical high
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If sea ice melts, this would affect the climate by ________.
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increasing the amount of solar energy absorbed at the surface
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The subarctic climate is often referred to as ________.
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the taiga climate
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Af and Am climates form a discontinuous belt astride the ________.
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Equator
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The ________ sides of mountains are often wet.
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Windward
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Summarize the characteristics associated with highland climates.
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Highland (H) - the most obvious climate characteristic thatis altered in these climates is temperature. Annual and monthly temperatures are lower because of adiabatic cooling, and due to the fact that the atmosphere at high altitudes contains less moisture. A drier atmosphere decreases the amount of heat energy that can be generated by surface absorption of longwave counter-radiation from the atmosphere.
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The climate in which temperatures average 25ËšC or more each month and total precipitation for the year is high is the ________ climate.
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wet tropics
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Sea level change is ________.
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Accelerating
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Winterless climates with all months having a mean temperature above 18ËšC are known as ________ climates.
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humid tropical
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The major difference in vegetation between the different humid tropical (A) regions is that ________.
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wet tropical regions have rain forests, and tropical wet and dry regions have grasslands
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Compared to places at lower elevations, highland climates are usually cooler and ________.
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wetter
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Which one of the following is NOT a trace gas contributing to a future global increase in temperature?
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water vapor
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Describe at least 3 different possible consequences of global warming.
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Sea level rise: Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century. The rate in the last decade, however, is nearly double that of the last century. Global temperature rise: All three major global surface temperature reconstructions show that Earth has warmed since 1880. Most of this warming has occurred since the 1970s, with the 20 warmest years having occurred since 1981 and with all 10 of the warmest years occurring in the past 12 years. Even though the 2000s witnessed a solar output decline resulting in an unusually deep solar minimum in 2007-2009, surface temperatures continue to increase. Warming oceans: The oceans have absorbed much of this increased heat, with the top 700 meters (about 2,300 feet) of ocean showing warming of 0.302 degrees Fahrenheit since 1969.