Factors
Climate Zones
Change
Patterns
other
100
The usual weather conditions in a place over a long period of time
What is climate?
100
The two factors scientists group climate by.
What is precipitation?
100
Some scientist believe that human activities can cause this type of climate change.
What is global warming?
100
Wind blowing over an ocean, brings mild temperatures to a coastal city.
What is marine climate?
100
The uneven heating of Earth's surface would cause this.
What is wind?
200
A city in the middle of N. America experiences extreme temperature changes during the year due to this.
What is a continental climate?
200
Tropical wet climates experience these temperatures.
What is hot temperatures.
200
It causes urban heat islands
What is a building, artificial surfaces, transportation, industry?
200
This climate change that affects climates for only a few years.
What is El Nino (or volcanic eruption)?
200
The location of ice caps that are permanently covered with ice and snow icecaps.
What is near the poles?
300
This is when a city receives about half of its total annual precipitation during June, July, and August.
What is a seasonal pattern?
300
A mountain could cause this dry area on the downward side of mountain.
What is rain shadow?
300
Some scientists predict ice will melt on mountains because of this.
What is global warming?
300
Particles from a volcano or space debris that is in the atmosphere, effect the climate in this way.
What is lowering temperature?
300
Meteorologist discuss the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place, otherwise known as this.
What is weather?
400
A city that experiences a three-month period of the year that is very cold. Then the next three months is warmer. Following that, it becomes hot.
What is a season?
400
The slowing of an animal's systems during the summer.
What is estivation?
400
Regions may experience possible wetter, drier, and or warmer than normal/ususl conditions because of this.
What is El Nino?
400
The air on the down wind side of the mountain has this kind of air.
What is drier air than on the upwind side?
400
A city has a lot of this, creating an urban heat island.
What is artificial surfaces or CO2?
500
The temperature change that happens as latitude increases.
What is temperature decrease?
500
The zone that is extremely low in precipitation and either hot or cold temperatures.
What is dry?
500
The term that describes the relationships of plants and animals and the environment they live in.
What is ecology?
500
This scientists stuies where plants and animals live and are distributed on the planet.
What is a biogeographer?
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