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What is climate
Climate is a long term average on weather
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What is windward
it is rain or snow that falls on a mountain that wind hits first
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What is El Nino
It is a when the water warms and produce lots of precipitation
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What are deserts
they are hot areas
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What are the ice ages
It was a time when warm periods alternated with cold periods
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What is a microclimate
A microclimate is its own climate that is different than the ones around it.
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What is a monsoon
it is a big wind that comes from the ocean
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What is La Nina
It is when water cools and it has server weather
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what is a steppe
a dry area that gets enough rain for plants to grow
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What is global warming
It is when the tempter is raised
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Where do you find the tropical zone
near the equator
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what is Marine climates
it is a mild winter and cool summer
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What is salinity
It is the total amount of disoved salt in water
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What is chaparral
it is a type of Mediterranean vegitation
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What is the greenhouse effect
it is when infrared radiation is kept in an area and will not escape
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Where do you find the polar zones
You find the polar zone at the tips of the earth
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what do continental climates have that marine don't
continental is more extreme weather
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What is upwelling
It is when cold water moves upward
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Where is the subarctic climate
it lies north of the humid continental climates
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What year did the ozone layer start
in 1979
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Where do you find the temperate zone
You find it between the polar and tropical zones
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What are ocean currents
streams of water within the ocean
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what does upwelling do
it brings up organisms minerals and other nutrients
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Where is the tundera
The tundra stretches across Alaska Canada and Russia
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What is one major cause of the ozone hole
Chlorofluorcarbons
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