3. It might be the best be described as a
composite of weather. Although weather and
climate are not identical, the nature of both
is influenced by the same elements of
weather.
5. *
Characterized by dense growth of plants. These include tall
trees that form a dense shade umbrella beneath, where heavy
carpet of vines and smaller plants form the jungle. The rainfall
is extremely heavy.
7. *
Characterized by tropical dry climate. The year is made up of a
wet and a dry season. The temperature is warm day and night.
The dry season brings months of almost no rainfall, with very
hot days and cool nights. The Savanna climate takes its name
from the covering of coarse grass with scattered trees or
shrubs.
9. *
The world’s driest lands. The deserts lie in the vicinity of 20 to
25 degrees latitude, within the belt of the trade winds. There
is an extreme lack of moisture, because the easterly trade
winds are unable to bring in moisture from the sea. Hence, the
difference between day and night temperature is very great.
The chief tropical deserts of the world are the Sahara of
Northern Africa and the Kalahari of South Africa.
11. *
Forms a belt around the desert areas of tropical zone, except
on the drier western sides. Steppes have slightly greater
amount of moisture than the desert, thus, steppes support
more plant life than deserts. The plants are in the form of low
grasses and scattered shrubs.
13. *
During the summer in Tundra region, the sun
does come into view. However, it’s rays are so
slanting that they give little heat. The polar
region has little precipitation, because the air
is too cold to hold much moisture.
15. *
is a cold climate, because it is the zone of gradual
change between the sub-arctic climate of the middle
latitudes and the perpetual snows of the icecaps.
Annual precipitation occurs mostly during the short
summers in the form of rain. Plant life is consists of a
carpet of mosses and scattered small shrubs. The
tundra climate is confined to the northern
hemisphere.
17. *
Is found in the immediate neighborhood of the poles where the
temperature never rises above freezing. Precipitation remains
on the surface as snow and ice. The continental glacier, which
nearly covers Greenland, gives this region an icecap climate.
The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth, -125 degrees F
or -87.22 degree C, was measured on the Antarctic icecap.
