The assessment for each class will be different for chapter 6. Period 1 will have a full test on all 3 lessons. Period 2 will have a test that includes only lessons 1 and 2, and period 4 will have a quiz on lesson 1 only. All of these will be on Monday. Use the following as your study guide outline (remember, period 1 needs to review all of this outline, period 2 only lessons 1 and 2, and period 4, only lesson 1)
Chapter 6 Test Review
Lesson 1
1. List and describe all of the geographical and location factors that influence climate
2. Be able to infer geographical effects on climate to examples comparing two cities.
3. Explain what a microclimate is and where you would find them.
4. What are the three main factors used to classify climates?
5. What are the 5 major classifications of world climate, and what are the characteristics of each?
6. What is the dry side of a mountain referred to as? What causes this?
7. What effect does being near a large body of water have on climate and why?
Lesson 2
1. What causes seasons?
2. What are some effects of monsoons?
3. Be able to explain what an el Niño is and how it occurs.
4. What are solstices and equinoxes? When do they occur?
5. What season is happening when the hemisphere is tilted toward the sun? Away from the sun?
6. What is a short-term climate change? What is a long term climate change?
7. What can happen during an interglacial?
8. How does the change in Earth’s orbit cause climate changes?
9. What are the types of evidence used to study Earth’s ancient climates?
Lesson 3
1. What is the greenhouse effect and how are human activities increasing this effect?
2. Describe the effects of deforestation on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
3. What are fossil fuels and how does using them add to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
4. What are the environmental impacts of climate change?
Chapter 6 Test Review
Lesson 1
1. List and describe all of the geographical and location factors that influence climate
2. Be able to infer geographical effects on climate to examples comparing two cities.
3. Explain what a microclimate is and where you would find them.
4. What are the three main factors used to classify climates?
5. What are the 5 major classifications of world climate, and what are the characteristics of each?
6. What is the dry side of a mountain referred to as? What causes this?
7. What effect does being near a large body of water have on climate and why?
Lesson 2
1. What causes seasons?
2. What are some effects of monsoons?
3. Be able to explain what an el Niño is and how it occurs.
4. What are solstices and equinoxes? When do they occur?
5. What season is happening when the hemisphere is tilted toward the sun? Away from the sun?
6. What is a short-term climate change? What is a long term climate change?
7. What can happen during an interglacial?
8. How does the change in Earth’s orbit cause climate changes?
9. What are the types of evidence used to study Earth’s ancient climates?
Lesson 3
1. What is the greenhouse effect and how are human activities increasing this effect?
2. Describe the effects of deforestation on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
3. What are fossil fuels and how does using them add to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
4. What are the environmental impacts of climate change?