MET CH 15 EXAM 3 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Microclimate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The climate structure of the air space near the surface of the
Earth.
Mesoclimate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The climate of an area ranging in size from a few acres to
several square kilometers.
Macroclimate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The general climate of a large area, such as a country.
Global climate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The climate extending over the entire Earth.
Koppen Classification (System) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Devised by Wladimir Koppen, a system for
classifying climates that is based on mean monthly and annual values of temperature and precipitation.
Climatic controls - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The relatively permanent factors that governs the
general nature of the climate of a region.
Marine climate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate dominated by the ocean; because of the
moderating effect of water, sites having this climate and considered relatively mild.
Continental climate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate lacking marine influences and characterized
by more extreme temperatures than in marine climates; therefore, it has a relatively high annual
temperature range for its latitude.
Tropical Moist Climate - Type A - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate where all months have an
average temperature above 18 degrees C (64 degrees F). Since all months are warm, there is no real
winter.
Tropical wet climate, Af - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A tropical climate with sufficient rainfall to
produce a dense tropical rain forest.
, Tropical monsoon climate, Am - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A tropical climate with a brief dry period of
perhaps one or two months.
Tropical wet and dry climate, Aw - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate that is transitional between
the wet tropics and the subtropical steppes.
Dry climate - Type B - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate in which yearly precipitation is not as great
as the potential loss of water by evaporation.
Arid or desert climate, BW - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An extremely dry climate - drier than the semi-
arid climate. Often referred to as a "true desert" climate.
Semiarid climate, BS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A dry climate where potential evaporation and
transpiration exceed precipitation. Not as dry as the arid climate. Typical vegetation is short grass.
Steppe - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅One of the two types of dry climate; a marginal and more humid
variant of the desert that separates it from bordering humid climates. It also refers to the short-grass
vegetation associated with this semiarid climate.
Moist Mid-latitude Climate, Mild Winter - Type C - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate with warm-to-
hot summers with mild winters. The average temperature of the coldest month is below 18 degrees C
(64 degrees F) and above -3 degrees C (27 degrees F).
Humid subtropical climate, Cfa - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate generally located on the eastern
side of a continent and characterized by hot, sultry summers and cool winters.
Marine west coast climate, Cfb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate found on windward coasts from
latitudes 40 degrees to 65 degrees and dominated by maritime air masses. Winters are mild and
summers are cool.
Dry-summer subtropical climate, Csa, Csb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate located on the west
sides of continents between latitudes 30 degrees and 45 degrees. It is the only humid climate with a
strong winter precipitation maximum.
Microclimate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The climate structure of the air space near the surface of the
Earth.
Mesoclimate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The climate of an area ranging in size from a few acres to
several square kilometers.
Macroclimate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The general climate of a large area, such as a country.
Global climate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The climate extending over the entire Earth.
Koppen Classification (System) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Devised by Wladimir Koppen, a system for
classifying climates that is based on mean monthly and annual values of temperature and precipitation.
Climatic controls - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The relatively permanent factors that governs the
general nature of the climate of a region.
Marine climate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate dominated by the ocean; because of the
moderating effect of water, sites having this climate and considered relatively mild.
Continental climate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate lacking marine influences and characterized
by more extreme temperatures than in marine climates; therefore, it has a relatively high annual
temperature range for its latitude.
Tropical Moist Climate - Type A - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate where all months have an
average temperature above 18 degrees C (64 degrees F). Since all months are warm, there is no real
winter.
Tropical wet climate, Af - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A tropical climate with sufficient rainfall to
produce a dense tropical rain forest.
, Tropical monsoon climate, Am - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A tropical climate with a brief dry period of
perhaps one or two months.
Tropical wet and dry climate, Aw - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate that is transitional between
the wet tropics and the subtropical steppes.
Dry climate - Type B - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate in which yearly precipitation is not as great
as the potential loss of water by evaporation.
Arid or desert climate, BW - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An extremely dry climate - drier than the semi-
arid climate. Often referred to as a "true desert" climate.
Semiarid climate, BS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A dry climate where potential evaporation and
transpiration exceed precipitation. Not as dry as the arid climate. Typical vegetation is short grass.
Steppe - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅One of the two types of dry climate; a marginal and more humid
variant of the desert that separates it from bordering humid climates. It also refers to the short-grass
vegetation associated with this semiarid climate.
Moist Mid-latitude Climate, Mild Winter - Type C - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate with warm-to-
hot summers with mild winters. The average temperature of the coldest month is below 18 degrees C
(64 degrees F) and above -3 degrees C (27 degrees F).
Humid subtropical climate, Cfa - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate generally located on the eastern
side of a continent and characterized by hot, sultry summers and cool winters.
Marine west coast climate, Cfb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate found on windward coasts from
latitudes 40 degrees to 65 degrees and dominated by maritime air masses. Winters are mild and
summers are cool.
Dry-summer subtropical climate, Csa, Csb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A climate located on the west
sides of continents between latitudes 30 degrees and 45 degrees. It is the only humid climate with a
strong winter precipitation maximum.
