Vocabulary 1
A long period of abnormally low rainfall that negatively affects conditions for growth.
What is a drought?
The gaseous mass surrounding Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
The average weather conditions in a region over a period of time.
What is climate?
This animal has thick fat and heavy fur to help it adapt to its climate.
What is a polar bear?
This area of the Earth receives direct sunlight year round so it is very warm.
What is the Equator?
To adapt to changes in the climate or environment.
What is acclimatize?
The boundary separating air masses of different temperatures or densities.
What is a front?
These affect a region's climate?
What are mountains and oceans?
These animals create an antifreeze that keeps ice from forming in their bodies.
What are painted turtles?
This quote refers to the climate of Kansas & Nebraska during the 19th century?
What is "rain follows plow"?
A level area of land bordering a river that often floods at times of high water.
What is a floodplain?
The weather conditions, including temperature, precipitation and wind, usually found in a place or region.
What is climate?
Peru experiences wetter and hotter weather because of this phenomenon.
What is El Nino?
These animals have thick layers of fat and feathers that help them keep in heat.
What are emperor penguins?
These factors affect climate.
What are oceans, distance from equator, mountains, wind directions, or El Nino?
On the side to which the wind is blowing.
What is leeward?
Any form of water, such as rain or snow, that falls to Earth's surface.
What is precipitation?
Pollution in the atmosphere traps heat from the sun and results in this.
What is the "greenhouse effect"?
These animals have feathers covering their bodies, feet and nostrils that insulate them from the cold.
What is a ptarmigan?
Name 2 ways climate affects people.
What are droughts or floods?
To be able to survive certain conditions.
What is adapt?
On the side from which the wind is blowing.
What is windward?
These 3 things help scientists study/ understand past climates?
What are rocks, fossils & ancient ice?
These are the coldest parts of the earth because they receive less direct sunlight.
What are the Poles?
Some animals hibernate or migrate to adapt to different climates. These types of adaptations are known as...
What are behavioral adaptations?