Long term conditions of temperature,precipitation, winds, and clouds in one area.
What is climate
100
________ affect water to a depth of several hundred meters are driven mainly by winds and is also influenced by the Coriolis effect.
What are Surface Currents
100
The tropics have 2 rainy climates. They are:
What is tropical wet and dry and tropical wet
100
When in the past, glaciers covered a large part of Earth.
What is the Ice age
100
seasons are caused by _______
The tilt of earth's axis.
200
A smaller area with climate conditions that differ from those around it
What is microclimate
200
How do surface currents influence the climate of the land near the coast?
Surface currents warms or cools the air above it and influences the climate of nearby land.
200
The dry climates include:
Arid and Semiarid. Arids are deserts and semiarid are usually located at edges of deserts.
200
A gradual increase in temperature of Earths atmosphere
What is global warming.
200
Summer in The Northern hemisphere is ________in the Southern hemisphere.
Winter
300
Scientists classify climates according to:______ and ________
precipitation and temperature
300
What do deep currents do?
Deep currents move and mix water around the world and carry cold water from the poles toward the equator.
300
There are three kinds of temperate marine climates. They are:
The marine west coast, Mediterranean, and humid subtropical.
300
gases in the atmosphere that trap energy
What are greenhouse gases
300
When the hours of day is equilvilent to night.
What is the equinox?
400
There are three climate zones on Earth. They are:
What is tropical zone, polar zone, and temperate zone.
400
Deep currents are caused by:
Differences in density of ocean water.
400
What are temperate continental climates?
They are climates only found in continents in the Northern hemisphere and include humid continental and subarctic. They commonly have extreme temperatures(summers are short and cool, Winters is long and very cold)
400
A large area of reduced ozone concentration in the stratosphere over Antarctica.
What is the ozone hole
400
The longest day, also known as midsummer
What is the Summer solistice
500
There are six main climate region:
What is tropical rainy, dry, temperate marine, temperate continental, polar, and highlands.
500
___________ and ___________ are short-term changes in the tropical Pacific Ocean caused by changes in surface currents and prevailing winds.
What are El Nino and La Nina
500
What is the coldest region and has ice caps and tundras.
What is the polar climate?
500
What are Chlorofluorocarbons(CFC)?
They are chlorine compounds that are the main cause of ozone depletion.