Zones
Precipitation
Seasons
Ecosystems
Wind
100
The equator is a part of this zone, which includes all areas in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
What is the Tropical Zone or the Tropics.
100
All forms of water that fall from the earth's atmosphere to its surface.
What is precipitation.
100
Where the sun hits most directly during fall and spring equinox.
What is the equator.
100
Definition of Ecosystem.
What is the interaction of plant life, animal life, and the physical environment.
100
Warm air ________ because it is less ________.
What is rises because it is less dense.
200
The temperate zone begins at 23.5 north and south latitude and ends at _______ north and south latitude.
What is 66.5.
200
Precipitation occurs when warm air _______ and then _______ making it no longer able to hold as much moisture.
What is rises and cools.
200
23.5 degrees North of the equator, this is where the sun hits most directly on Summer Solstice.
What is the Tropic of Cancer.
200
Describes major types of ecosystems that can be found in regions throughout the world.
What is a biome.
200
The term for the transfer of heat from one place to another.
What is convection.
300
Utah is a part of this zone.
What is the temperate zone.
300
The most common type of precipitation, it occurs when a cold front of wind meets up with a warm front.
What is frontal precipitation.
300
The earth orbiting one time around the sun is called a revolution. This is how many days one revolution takes.
What is 365 and a fourth days.
300
Type of forest that has small evergreens, low bushes or scrub, and leathery-leaved plants that can contain a lot of their moisture.
What is chaparral.
300
Convection in air is called _________ and convection in water is called ___________.
What is wind and currents.
400
Which zone is found in between 66.5 north and south latitude and goes to the poles?
What is the polar zone.
400
This type of precipitation occurs most often around the equator, when a lot of warm air is constantly rising.
What is convectional.
400
Summer in the southern hemisphere occurs when the sun is hitting this imaginary line of latitude most directly.
What is the Tropic of Capricorn.
400
_________ are a type of grassland that grow in warmer areas near the equator while _________ grow in more temperate, mid-latitude areas.
What is savannas and prairies.
400
Rising warm air at the equator causes calm weather with very light, variable breezes, known as this.
What is the doldrums.
500
_________ trees shed their leaves. _________ protect their seeds in a cone.
What is deciduous and coniferous.
500
Occurring most often near the coast, this type of precipitation forms as warm air is forced upwards over the top of a mountain.
What is orographic.
500
One rotation of the earth takes 24 hours. One revolution takes 365 and a fourth days. This is how the fourth day is accounted for on our calendars.
What is leap year.
500
Temperatures are always cool or cold making it so that only certain plants such as lichens, mosses, and wildflowers can grow in this biome.
What is the tundra.
500
Wind and currents do not flow in a straight line because the earth is spinning. This is what this effect is known as.
What is Coriolis.
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