Climate Zones
This climate is found near the equator and is hot and rainy all year.
Tropical wet
Age of the dinosaurs
Mesozoic
This is the long-term average of weather in a region.
Climate
The part of an experiment that is changed on purpose.
independent variable
Sudden, heavy snowfall with strong winds is called this.
blizzard
This climate has hot summers, mild winters, and is found along coastlines.
temperate marine
This era came before dinosaurs and is when many marine life forms first appeared.
Paleozoic
These gases trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
greenhouse gases
A process of an experiment with a testable question and hypothesis
Scientific method
Core, mantle, crust
This dry climate has very little precipitation.
Arid or desert
We live in this current era.
Cenozoic
Too much carbon dioxide in the air contributes to this global issue.
Global warming
The process of building something to solve a problem
engineering process
A _____ is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
mineral
This climate is found at high altitudes and can be cold year-round.
highland
This type of rock layer helps scientists study Earth's history.
sedimentary rock
These are large patterns of wind that affect climate zones.
Global wind belts
This part of the experiment stays the same for fairness.
Control variable
_______ and _________ are the two forces that help keep the moon orbiting the Earth and the Earth orbiting the sun
Inertia and gravity
This climate zone has warm summers and very cold winters, found in Canada and Russia.
subartic
Scientists use this record of preserved organisms to learn about past life.
fossil record
The tilt of Earth’s axis causes these seasonal changes.
Seasons
A hypothesis must be both these two things.
testable and measurable
the force that keeps us from falling off of the earth is the same force keeping the Earth in motion orbiting the sun
Universal law of gravitation