weather
climate
effects of climate
climate zones
little extra
100
This is the predictable patterns over long period of time.
What is Climate
100
This is the unpredictable patterns over a short period of time.
What is weather
100
buildup of gases in the atmoshphere that hold in the warmth of the sun.
What is greenhouse effect
100
The area around the Equator is known as this
What is tropics
100
top layer of the rain forest
What is canopy
200
Violent tropical storms formed over the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Hurricane
200
What are we not covering in this chapter.
What is watercycle
200
the place where most of our warm currents are located.
Where is the Equator
200
this is the driest areas on Earth
What is a desert
200
in the ice cap climate zone, this is the only thing that can grow there
What is lichen.....or fungus like plants
300
Seasonal winds that blow over continents for months at a time over Asia and Africa.
What is Monsoons
300
moving streams of watter in the oceans that can effect climte.
What are currents
300
side of a mountain that recieves high amounts of precipitation
What is windward side
300
Climate zone with a strong growth of deciduous trees.
What is Marine West coast
300
Elevation at which no vegetation can grow.
What is timberline
400
Funnel shaped windstorms sometimes formed during a thunderstorm.
What is Tornado
400
This is the #1 source of all our climates.
What is the sun
400
a pattern of winds caused by landforms in a given area.
What are local winds
400
Tropical climate that has a wet season and a dry season
What is Savana
400
permanently frozen layer of soil usually found in the Tundra.
What is permafrost
500
long period of extreme dryness.
What is drought
500
Area on a mountain that recieves very little rain.
What is a rain shadow
500
What are the 2 items scientists look at when trying to understand a climate of an area.
What are precipitation and temperature
500
Climate zone that is cold and harsh with only sturdy grasses and berry bushes growning here
What is Tundra
500
This is the climate zone that you live in.
What is Humid Continental
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