Key Terms
A huge block of Earth's crust
What is a plate?
The causes of weathering and erosion are
What are wind, rain, and ice?
Earth’s climate is affected by latitude, location, and a combination of
What is air and water?
Combinations of grasslands and scattered trees
What is a savanna?
This gives the Earth heat and light
What is the sun?
Vegetation that needs little water
What is desert scrub?
Earth's seasons are caused by __________ .
What are the tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun?
Rotation causes _________ and __________.
What are day and night?
Two polar climates are __________________.
What are tundra and ice cap?
The average year-to-year weather in an area.
What is climate?
The condition of the air and sky from day to day
What is weather?
Vertical climates are found here
What are mountains?
The percentage of Earth covered by land
What is 30%?
Pennsylvania's climate is ____________________.
What is humid continental?
Earth's revolution takes this long
What is 365 1/4 days or 1 year?
One circle around the sun
What is revolution?
Continents move by
What are magma dragging plates?
This is an imaginary line through Earth between the North and South poles, around which Earth turns.
What is Earth's axis?
Arid and semi-arid are types of ______ climates.
What is dry?
How hot or cold the air is
What is temperature?
An area of cold climate and low-lying vegetation
What is the tundra?
Vegetation needs these to survive in a particular climate
What are soil, water, sunlight, and proper temperatures?
Mountains, plains, hills, and plateaus are this
What are landforms?
Name the six climate categories.
What are tropical, dry, temperate marine, temperate continental, polar, and vertical?
A tropical cyclone that occurs over the Atlantic Ocean
What is a hurricane?