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How are the tropical rainfall, tropical monsoon, and tropical savanna climates similar and different?

Question 2

A method of determining very accurate locational information from satellites is
 a. global positioning system (GPS).
  b. compass.
  c. orienteering.
  d. cartography.
  e. mapping.

Question 3

Explain the difference between climate and weather.

Question 4

Obtaining images of an area from a distant place is called
 a. global sensing (GS).
  b. remote sensing (RS).
  c. random sensing (RNS).
  d. radon sensing (RDS).
  e. Mapping.

Question 5

Earth can be divided into four different spheres. List these spheres and give a description of each.

Question 6

My home is two blocks from school, one block from a shopping center, and one mile form work. The geographic term that describes this is
 a. site location.
  b. relative location.
  c. concentric zone model.
  d. absolute location.
  e. geocode.

Answer to #1

Three climates are designated tropical, with their defining characteristic being consistent warm to hot temperatures; every month has an average temperature of 18C (64F) or higher. All three tropical climates are found in the Amazon basin of South America, in the following sequence poleward from the equator. The tropical rainforest climate is hot, humid, and rainy year-round, with little seasonal variation in temperature or precipitation. The tropical monsoon climate has a short dry season, when the otherwise heavy rains taper off for one or more months. The tropical savanna climate (also called the tropical wet-dry climate) has marked wet and dry seasons, typically lasting roughly half the year. The savanna's extended dry season results in lower annual precipitation amounts than the other tropical climates.

Answer to #2

A

Answer to #3

As you experience a warm, dry, cloudless summer day or a cold, wet, overcast winter day, you are encountering weatherthe atmospheric conditions occurring at a given time and place. Climate is the average weather of a place over a long time period.

Answer to #4

B

Answer to #5

Lithosphere - the surface of Earth, including rocks, soil, and plates
Atmosphere - gases and air surrounding Earth
Biosphere - all living organisms on Earth
Hydrosphere - water (in all forms) on Earth

Answer to #6

B

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