Water
Climate
Latitude
Zones
Vegetation
100
What is water below the earth's surface called?
groundwater
100
What is climate?
average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
100
What is the starting point of latitude?
the equator
100
What is the driest climate zone?
desert
100
What is the top layer in the rain forest called?
canopy
200
What is the constant movement of the earth's water called?
water cycle
200
What is another word for elevation?
altitude
200
What is the latitude of the south pole?
90 degrees south
200
What are partly dry grasslands that surround many deserts?
steppe
200
Which climate zone has broad grasslands with few trees?
tropical savanna
300
What are the three most common forms of precipitation?
rain, snow and sleet
300
What are tropical storms in Asia and Africa that bring lots of rain?
monsoons
300
Where is the tropic of capricorn located?
23 1/2 degrees north latitude
300
What climate has hot, humid summers and short, mild winters?
humid subtropical
300
What is the elevation above which no trees grow?
timberline
400
What is the largest and deepest ocean?
Pacific
400
What are the characteristics of the Mediterranean climate?
long, hot, dry summers and mild rainy winters
400
tropic of capricorn
What is the line at 23 and 1/2 degrees south?
400
What climate do we live in
humid continental climate
400
In which climate zone would you find the taiga?
sub arctic
500
What is the rain shadow?
dry area on the leeward side of mountains facing away from the wind
500
A region's climate is determined by movement of air, movement of water currents and what?
latitude
500
Which latitudes can be found at 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south?
horse latitudes
500
Which climate zone is a cold,vast, rolling plain without trees?
tundra
500
Which climate zone has strong growth of deciduous trees and what are deciduous trees?
marine west coast climate zone
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