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Exam 7: Climate Classification: Tropical, Arid, and Mesothermal Climate Regions

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Forest clearing in a tropical rainforest ____.

A) encourages arboreal animal life
B) leads to decomposition of forest litter
C) revitalizes the fertility of the soil
D) interrupts nutrient cycling between the vegetation and the soil

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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A(n) ____________________ climate is predominant along the equator,.

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At what latitudes is the annual temperature range lowest?

Except for minor areas in Australia, the humid subtropical, winter drought climates are largely confined to Asia because of ____.

Summer onshore movement of air related to the shifting of the ITCZ occurs in which climate?

Climate regions are separated on the Köppen climate classification map as an abrupt line.In reality, these are really ____________________.

Torrid, Temperate, and Frigid are classifications of ____.

Heavy precipitation in the humid tropical climates is due to ____.

In its natural condition, the grassland steppe of North America supported high densities of grazing animals.

The locations and distributions of Earth's climate regions are based first on the patterns produced by ____________________ relationships.

To maintain agricultural productivity in deserts, farmers should use ____________________ to both provide water and flush the soil.

Which climate type lies poleward from Mediterranean climates?

In the tropical savanna climate, most of the rain falls ____.

On a world map of climate regions, the lines that separate the regions mark locations of abrupt changes in temperature or precipitation conditions.

The climate type in which precipitation is less than half the potential evapotranspiration is ____.

In a typical climograph, a continuous line connects average monthly values to produce an annual ____________________ curve.

Although climate greatly influences the natural vegetation of a region, it has little impact upon the soils of a region.

Sclerophyllous vegetation is common in which climate region?

The Thornthwaite system of climate analysis is most successfully applied in ____.

Tropical rainforests consist primarily of ____.