World Geography: Chapter 3 Lesson 3 World Climate Patterns Book Notes

World Geography: Chapter 3 Lesson 3
World Climate Patterns Book Notes
Directions: Read Chapter 3 Lesson 3 (p.69-73) and answer the following questions.
Write both the questions and the answers in your notebook.
Climate Regions and Biomes
1. What are the four major climate zones? What are major characteristics of each?
2. What are the averages for temperature and rainfall in tropical wet climates?
3. Describe the vegetation that grows in tropical wet climates.
4. Where on Earth are tropical savannas found?
5. What determines which type of plants and animals can survive in tropical dry
climates?
6. What are the two main types of dry climates and how are they distinguished from
each other?
7. How much precipitation do deserts experience?
8. Describe the humid subtropical climates shared by southeastern United States and
parts of Brazil, China, Japan, Australia, and India.
9. What locations experience marine west coast climates?
10.
What causes the freezing temperatures of the high-latitude, subarctic climate?
11.
Trees cannot establish roots in the tundra climate region. What types of
vegetation can grow there?
Climate Change
1. What are three indicators of climate change?
2. How does burning fossil fuels destroy forests?