Phy
Removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming.
What is Desalination?
Condition of the atmosphere in one place for a short amount of time.
What is weather?
One of two on which the sun’s rays directly on the tropic of cancer or tropic of Capricorn, marking the beginning of summer or winter.
What is solstice?
A large amount of flora or fauna occupying an area of land.
What is biome?
Wind in a region that blows in a fairly constant direction patter.
What is prevailing wind?
Water underground within the Earth that supplies wells and springs.
What is groundwater?
Weather patterns typical for an area over a long amount of time.
What is climate?
Continuous day, a time when the sun is visible at midnight during the summer in either the arctic or antarctic.
What is midnight sun?
Plant life that grows in a certain area if people haven’t changed natural environment.
What is natural vegetation?
A frequently windless area near the equator.
What is Doldrums?
Underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand, or gravel.
What is an aquifer?
An imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth Between the north and south pole.
What is axis?
A warm phase in the southern hemisphere.
What is El Nino?
Physical characteristics of the surface of the land.
What is terrain?
Sailing terminology tells you the wind is upward.
What is windward?
Cold or warm stream of seawater that flows in the oceans, generally in a circular pattern.
What is current?
In astronomy the earth's yearly trip around the sun Taking 365 1/5 days.
What is revolution?
Is shadow placed down by the hail of rain coming down.
What is Rainshadow?
An inland grassland area.
Sailing terminology telling you the wind is going downward.
What is leeward?
Small area in a desert where water and vegetation are found.
What is Oasis?
The capacity of certain gasses in the atmosphere to trap heat, thereby warming the earth.
What is Greenhouse effect?
One of two on which the sun is directly above equator, making day and night equal in length.
What is equinox?
Forest with both coniferous and deciduous trees.
What is Mixed forest?
The average of the daily high temperatures and the overnight lows
What is average daily temperature?