Occurs twice a year. The days and nights all over the world are equal in length.
What is the equinox.
100
The term for weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time.
What is climate
100
Receives less than 10 inches of rain per year. Temperatures are high during the day and cool at night.
What is desert.
100
The total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group.
What is culture.
100
A body of land surrounded by water.
What is an island.
200
The term for weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time.
What is climate.
200
Falling water droplets in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail.
What is precipitation.
200
Summers are short and cool, winters are very cold. Temperatures at freezing or below freezing last five to eight months of the year.
What is subarctic.
200
Belief in one god.
What is monotheistic.
200
An opening in the earth, usually raised, through which gases and lava escape from the earth's interior.
What is volcano.
300
Twister. A powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air.
What is a tornado.
300
The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward motion of the air.
What is convection.
300
Snow, ice, permanently freezing temperatures characterize the region. The coldest temperatures ever recorded was 128.6 below zero.
What is ice cap.
300
Based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. Followers are known as Muslims.
What is Islam.
300
A triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta.
400
A heavy snowstorm with winds of more than 35 miles per hour and reduced visibility.
What is a blizzard.
400
A weather pattern created by the warming of the waters off the west coast of South America.
What is El Nino.
400
This climate subregion is named for the land around the Mediterranean Sea where it is located. Its summers are dry and hot, and its winters cool and rainy.
What is Mediterranean.
400
Usually polytheistic. Has the religious requirements of a caste system.
What is Hinduism.
400
A point of land extending into an ocean or lake.
What is peninsula.
500
Marks the points farthest north and south that the sun's rays shine directly overhead at noon.
What is a solstice.
500
The layer of gases released by the burning of coal and petroleum that traps solar energy.
What is the greenhouse effect.
500
A great variety in temperature and precipitation characterizes this climate, which is found in the mid-latitude interiors of Northern Hemisphere continents.
What is Humid Continental.
500
Monotheistic, Polytheistic and Animistic.
What are the three categories of religion.
500
A broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land.