the average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, wind, and clouds in an area
What is climate?
100
Because they are near water, the west coast of North America, South America, and Europe have this kind of climate with relatively mild winters and cool summers.
What are marine climates?
100
the two factors used to classify climates
What are temperature and precipitation?
100
carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane are called these
What are greenhouse gases?
100
a map showing the surface features of an area
What are topographic maps?
200
the area near the equator, between about 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south
What is the tropical zone?
200
Because they are far away from oceans, the centers of North America and Asia have this kind of climate with cold winters and hot summers.
What are continental climates?
200
a period of time when glaciers advanced
What are ice ages?
200
energy rich substances formed from the remains of organisms and burned to provide energy
What are fossil fuels?
200
lines on a topographic map that connect points of equal elevation
What are contour lines?
300
the climate zones about 66.5 to 90 degrees north and south
What are the polar zones?
300
the side of the mountain that the wind hits
What is windward?
300
cool, darker regions on the sun's surface
What are sun spots?
300
the gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere
What is global warming?
300
the change in elevation from one contour line to another
What is the contour interval?
400
the climate zones between the polar and tropical zones
What are the temperate zones?
400
the side of the mountain in the rain shadow
What is leeward?
400
small solid particles of solids or liquid drops on gas
What are aerosols?
400
name one effect of global warming
What are droughts and desertification, changes to the biosphere, melting glaciers and rising seas, and regional changes on temperature?
400
the fifth contour line that is darker and heavier than the others
What is the index contour?
500
the sun's rays strike the Earth the lowest at the ______ zone(s).
What are the polar zones?
500
sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons
What are monsoons?
500
the change in the tilt of the Earth's axis and its direction resulted in these
What are ice ages?
500
name a way to to help limit global warming
What are clean energy sources, energy efficient products, and carbon capture?