Winds that change directions according to the seasons.
What are monsoons.
100
Currents that are caused by differences in the density of the ocean.
What are deep ocean currents.
100
The colder continental climate of most mountains.
What is a highland climate.
100
A time in the Earth's history when large sheets of ice covered most of the Earth's surface.
What is an ice age.
200
A small area with a climate different from the areas around it.
What is a microclimate.
200
Winds that blow mainly from one direction.
What are prevailing winds.
200
Currents that move warm ocean water down to several hundred meters, toward the North and South poles and are mainly moved by the winds.
What are surface ocean currents.
200
A coastal climate that is drier and warmer than west coast marine.
What is a Mediterranean climate.
200
Permanently frozen soil.
What is permafrost.
300
A temperature zone that is on or near the equator.
What is a tropical zone.
300
The side of a mountain that gets hit by wind first.
What is the windward side.
300
The movement of cold water up from deep in the ocean.
What is an upwelling.
300
A climate near or in the tropics that is wet and dry.
What is a Tropical wet and dry climate.
300
Gases in the atmosphere that trap in energy.
What are greenhouse gases.
400
The areas near the North and South poles with a very cold climate.
What are the polar zones.
400
The side of a mountain that gets hit by little wind.
What is the leeward side.
400
This circulates ocean water and is formed by surface currents and deep currents.
What is the global conveyer belt.
400
An unusually cold climate.
What is a polar climate.
400
A group of compounds that are the main cause of ozone depletion.
What are chlorofluorocarbons.
500
The zones that are between the tropical and polar zones with warm to hot summers and cool to cold winters.
What are temperate zones.
500
This causes the winds and surface currents around the globe to curve because of the Earth's rotation (In the north to the right and in the south to the left).
What is the Coriolis Effect.
500
This causes unusual wind patterns to form and moves warm surface waters eastward across the Pacific toward the western coast of America changing the weather patterns there.