Chapter 3 – review game
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The document discusses climate and vegetation in Chapter 3. It describes how climate influences different types of vegetation regions around the world. Specifically, it mentions four main types of vegetation regions: forests, grasslands, deserts, and tundra, which are determined by factors like ocean currents, elevation, topography, and latitude.
Chapter 3 – review game
- 1. Chapter 3 – Climate and Vegetation
- 2. Round 1
- 3. Question 1 (1 point) This term describes the condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time.
- 4. Question 1 Answer Weather
- 5. Question 2 (3 points) The layer of permanently frozen subsoil usually found in tundra and subarctic regions is called _____.
- 6. Question 2 Answer permafrost
- 7. Question 3 (5 points) Sunday, marked the ________ , which happens twice a year all over the world where days and nights are equal length and marks the beginning of spring/fall.
- 8. Question 3 Answer Equinox
- 9. Round 2
- 10. Question 1 (1 point) Storms that form over warm, tropical ocean waters are known as _________.
- 11. Question 1 Answer Hurricanes
- 12. Question 2 (3 points) _________ is the warming of waters off the coast of South America that brings heavy rains to the United States.
- 13. Question 2 Answer El Nino
- 14. Question 3 (5 points) The Earth’s _________ and ________ cause the changing of the seasons.
- 15. Question 3 Answer Revolution and Tilt
- 16. Round 3
- 17. Question 1 (1 point) Water droplets falling in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail is also known as _____________.
- 19. Question 2 (3 points) The ecosystem of a region is referred to as a _______.
- 21. Question 3 (5 points) Many scientists believe the theory of Global Warming is caused by the _____________.
- 22. Question 3 Answer Greenhouse Effect Ruh roh!
- 23. Round 4
- 24. Question 1 (1 point) A storm of a powerful, funnel-shaped column of spiraling air is known as a(n) _______.
- 25. Question 1 Answer Tornado (OMG, a fire tornado!)
- 26. Question 2 (3 points) What type of forest is this?
- 27. Question 2 Answer Deciduous - broadleaf trees such as oak, birch and maple trees
- 28. Question 3 (5 points) The five factors that influence climate are ocean and air currents, elevation and topography and _____.
- 30. Final Question
- 31. Final Question (2 points each) Name the four types of vegetation regions:
- 32. Final Question Answer Forests Grasslands Desert Tundra