Climate
Main elements for describing climate
What is Temperature and Precipitation?
Three types of temperate landscapes
What are Mediterrean, Oceanic, and Continental
Three main types of landscapes in the hot zone
What is a rainforest, savannah, and desert
Found in the artic and antarctic
What is a polar landscape?
These rivers have an abundant flow and freeze in the winter
What are the Arctic Ocean Rivers
A graph to show precipitation and tempertature
What is climate graph?
Found between the tropics and polar circles
What is temperate landscapes?
Vegetation and fauna are scarce
What is a desert?
The landscape where vegetation changes with altitude
What is a mountain landscape?
Europe's main rivers flow through this plain
What is the Great European Plain?
Located in the polar circles and high mountains
What is cold zone?
Found mainly around mediterrean sea
What is Mediterrranean landscape?
large extensions of grassland with some shrubs and trees
What is a savannah?
Landscape with is no vegetation
What is a polar landscape?
Europe lies in _______ zones in the Northern Hemisphere
What are the temperate and cold zones
A landscape not transformed much by human activity
What is a natural landscape?
This landscape is found far from sea, inland areas of Europe, Asia, & North America
What is Continental landscape?
Temperatures 25 degrees Celcius all year and precipitation is abundant
What is a equatorial climate?
Polar landscapes near temperate zones
What is a tundra?
Temperatures are high in summer and low in winter. More precipitation in the summer
What is a continental landscape?
3 Factors that affect temperature and precipiation
What is Distance from the Equator,
Altitude,
and Proximity to Sea?
Found along western and northern coasts of Europe and North America. Vegetation is abundant
What is Oceanic landscape?
Extremely important for the planet. Release lots of oxygen into the atmosphere
What is a rainforest?
Temperatures are very low in winter and cool in summer. Precipitation is abundant. Often snows
What is a mountain landscape?
Areas closest to the Atlantic Ocean
What is an Oceanic landscape?