Classification of Climates

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1. 16
2. 24
3. 32
4. 40

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1. B A’r
2. B B’r
3. C B’r
4. C C’r

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1. C C’r
2. C B’s
3. C B’d
4. C C’s

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1. The second system uses different indices than the first.
2. The second system uses vegetation as a criterion for classification.
3. The second system has fewer climatic types than the first.
4. The second system was developed before the first.

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1. Mean annual temperature, total annual precipitation, and vegetation cover
2. Mean monthly temperature, total annual precipitation, and atmospheric pressure
3. Precipitation effectiveness, thermal efficiency, and seasonal distribution of precipitation
4. Humidity, wind speed, and cloud cover

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1. Taiga
2. Tundra
3. Semiarid
4. Polar

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1. Potential evapotranspiration (PE)
2. Mean annual temperature
3. Day length
4. Seasonal distribution of moisture adequacy

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1. Only the amount of moisture transferred to the atmosphere
2. Only the amount of heat transferred to the atmosphere
3. Both the amount of moisture and heat transferred to the atmosphere
4. None of the above

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1. Directly measured
2. From mean annual temperature without corrections
3. From mean monthly temperature with corrections for day length
4. None of the above

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1. PE (in cm) = 1.6(1 Ot/I)a
2. PE (in cm) = 1.6(I/10)t
3. PE (in cm) = 1.6(a/I)Ot
4. None of the above

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1. Moisture index, potential evapotranspiration or thermal efficiency index, aridity and humidity indices, and index of concentration of thermal efficiency
2. Mean annual temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, and wind speed
3. Latitude, altitude, aspect, and soil type
4. None of the above

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1. Monthly surplus of moisture
2. Monthly deficit of moisture
3. Monthly moisture deficit or surplus calculated using PE
4. None of the above

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1. Im = (100S-60/PE
2. Im = PE/(100S-60
3. Im = (100S+60/PE
4. None of the above

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1. By adding the monthly values of Im
2. By multiplying the monthly values of Im
3. By averaging the monthly values of Im
4. None of the above

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1. Indices used to determine the seasonal distribution of moisture adequacy
2. Indices used to determine the boundaries of different climatic types
3. Indices used to determine the temperature and precipitation patterns
4. None of the above

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1. 6
2. 8
3. 10
4. 12

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1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

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1. Moisture index
2. Thermal efficiency or potential evapotranspiration index
3. Seasonal moisture adequacy
4. Summer concentration of precipitation index

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1. Thornthwaite’s scheme is empirical while Koppen’s scheme is quantitative.
2. Thornthwaite’s scheme uses two indices while Koppen’s scheme uses one index.
3. Thornthwaite’s scheme is based on vegetation while Koppen’s scheme is based on temperature.
4. Thornthwaite’s scheme includes the causative factors of climates while Koppen’s scheme does not.

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1. It does not include the causative factors of climates.
2. It yields a large number of climatic types that are difficult to represent cartographically.
3. It requires regular data which are not always available.
4. All of the above.

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