Definitions
Climates
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Five General Climate Zones
100
seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air
What is a monsoon?
100
list two facts about the desert climate
What is the hottest and driest climate where hardy plants and animals live?
100
This climate occurs at many different latitudes
What is dry or highland?
100
This type of vegetation grows in the Ice Cap Climate
What is none?
100
This climate is near equator in low latitudes
What is tropical?
200
semi-dry grassland or prairies
What are steppes?
200
list two facts about the ice cap climate
What is the harshest place on Earth that has no vegetation?
200
Geographers identify climates by looking at these three things
What are temperature, precipitation and native plant life?
200
This climate has permafrost
What is tundra climate?
200
This climate has many different latitudes and is actually several climates in one
What is highland
300
areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs
What are savannas?
300
list two facts about the humid tropical climate
What is warm, muggy & rainy year-round, has monsoons and supports tropical rain forests?
300
Highland climates change with this
What is elevation?
300
This climate is actually several climates in one
What is highland climate?
300
This climate is halfway between the equator and poles in middle latitudes
What is temperate
400
moderate or mild
What is temperate?
400
list two facts about the Mediterranean climate
What is sunny and pleasant, a popular vacation spot and has shrubs and short trees that grow here?
400
Two dry climate types
What are desert and steppe?
400
This climate often borders deserts
What is steppe climate?
400
This climate has many different latitudes and includes desert and steppe climates
What is dry?
500
permanently frozen layers of soil
What is permafrost?
500
list two facts about the tundra climate
What has permafrost, short summers and winters that are long and bitterly cold?
500
Five general climate zones
What are tropical, temperate, polar, dry and highland?
500
One of two climates that has four distinct seasons
What is temperate or humid continental?
500
This climate is near the poles in high latitudes?
What is polar?
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