Extreme Weather
Seasonal winds that bring distinct wet and dry seasons to a region.
The breaking down of rocks.
What is weathering?
Climate zone located in low to middle latitudes, with little to no precipitation.
What is the Dry (arid to semi-arid) Climate Zone?
A climate pattern that explains the unusual warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean.
What is El Nino?
A visual image of a "smart map" used to manipulate, analyze and present information tied to a spatial location.
What is GIS (Geographic Information Systems)?
These violent columns of air can have speeds of up to 300 mph and be up to 2 miles wide.
What are tornadoes?
When weathered rock and soil are moved from one place to another.
What is erosion?
Pearland, TX is located in this climate zone.
What is humid/sub-tropical?
These gases have a negative effect on the climate regions on earth.
What are Greenhouse gases?
A satellite navigation system designed to provide accurate position, velocity and time information to almost anywhere in the world.
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
A severe snowstorm with strong winds and temperatures below 10 degrees.
What is a blizzard?
Divergent, Transform and Convergent are examples of what?
A climate zone found in coastal areas, with dry summers and wet winters.
What is Mediterranean climate zone?
This climate region has little plant/animal life due to lack of direct sunlight.
What is the high latitude/polar climate region?
These severe tropical storms can be up to 400 miles wide with winds of 74 to 160 mph.
What are hurricanes?
The lateral sliding of two tectonic boundaries, which results in earthquakes (San Andres fault).
What is a transform boundary?
Located in the middle to high latitudes, inland, away from moderating affects of oceans.
What is the Continental/Temperate climate zone?
This Factor of Climate states: The further away from the warm equator, the climate gets colder and colder.
What is latitude?
A geographic location tied to information or data use in GIS.
What is a spatial location?
This is a result of the rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans.
What is global warming?
Two tectonic plates spread apart, as hot magma pushes up, spreading the plate.
What is a divergent boundary?
This climate region remains warm to hot year around.
What is the tropical climate region?
These "rivers" of warm or cold water move in giant horizontal streams through the Earth's oceans and affect climate.
What are Ocean Currents?
The letters GPS stand for this navigation system.
What is Global Positioning System?