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Physical Geography
Quiz Chapters 8-9 McKnight
Instructor: Conti

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CHAPTER 8
Label the correct Köppen climate types for Charts 1 - 5. Use each of the following climate types only once.
A. Tropical Humid
B. Dry
C. Mild Mid-Latitude (Mesothermal)
D. Severe Mid-Latitude (Microthermal)
E. Polar
1. Chart 1 ____________________________________
2. Chart 2 ____________________________________
3. Chart 3 ____________________________________
4. Chart 4 ____________________________________
5. Chart 5 ____________________________________

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6)

Another designation for Mediterranean climate is __________.
a) dry subtropical
b) marine west coast
c) upland savanna
d) boreal forest
e) tundra

7)

Deserts are arid; steppes are __________.
a) subtropical
b) semiarid
c) temperature
d) humid
e) tropical

8)

The area most closely associated with D climates is __________.
a) Central America
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) Southern Africa
e) the Amazon basin

9)

The Kőppen system of climate classification is based on __________.
a) solar radiation
b) temperature and precipitation
c) evapotranspiration
d) sensible temperature indices
e) cumulative humidity indices

10) Mediterranean climates experience dry summers because of __________.
a) a double maximum of sun elevation
b) the position of subtropical high pressure
c) the cool ocean currents
d) adjacent rain shadows
e) none of the above
11) Which of the following would be an expected average annual precipitation total in a marine west coast climate? a) 14 inches
b) 40 inches
c) 160 inches
d) 210 inches
e) none of the above
12) The world's greatest annual average temperature range is in a D climate in __________.
a) Yakutsk, Siberia
b) Narvik, Norway
c) the Hawaiian Islands
d) Nome, Alaska
e) Stillwater, Oklahoma

13) The difference between swamps and marshes is mainly one of __________.
a) trees versus grassland
b) high water table versus low
c) sandy