1. What accounts for the existence of a BWk climate in the western Great Basin of North America? 2..

1. What accounts for the existence of a BWk
climate in the western Great Basin of North America?

2. Barrow, Alaska, receives a mere 11 cm (about
4.3 in.) of precipitation annually. Explain why its climate is not classi_ed as
arid or semi-arid.

3. Explain why subpolar climates are also known
as boreal climates and taiga climates.

4. Why do cities east of the Rockies, such as
Denver, Colorado, get much more precipitation than cities east of the Sierra
Nevada, such as Reno, Nevada?

5. According to the K__n system of climate classifcation,
which type of climate is found in your area?

1. What accounts for the existence of a BWk
climate in the western Great Basin of North America?

2. Barrow, Alaska, receives a mere 11 cm (about
4.3 in.) of precipitation annually. Explain why its climate is not classi_ed as
arid or semi-arid.

3. Explain why subpolar climates are also known
as boreal climates and taiga climates.

4. Why do cities east of the Rockies, such as
Denver, Colorado, get much more precipitation than cities east of the Sierra
Nevada, such as Reno, Nevada?

5. According to the K__n system of climate classifcation,
which type of climate is found in your area?

Q99;

1. Los Angeles, Seattle, and Boston are all
coastal cities, yet Boston has a continental rather than a marine climate.
Explain why.

2. Why are many structures in polar regions built
on pilings?

3. Why are summer a_ernoon temperatures in a humid
subtropical climate (Cfa) o_en higher than in a tropical wet climate (Af)?

4. Why are humid subtropical climates (Cfa) found
in regions bounded by 20 and 40 (N or S) latitudes, and nowhere else?

5. In which of the following climate types is
virga likely to occur most frequently: humid continental, arid desert, or polar
tundra? Explain why.