Because of the earth’s revolution and its tilt, different parts of the earth receive the direct rays of the sun for more hours of the day at certain times in the year.
What is seasons?
100
When water spreads over land not normally covered with water.
What is a flood?
100
A group of broadleaf trees that loose their leaves.
What is a deciduous forest?
100
The line that separates the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere.
What is the equator?
100
Warm temp. & rainfall all year round
Location: near the equator
What is Tropical Wet?
200
This is when day and night are equal. The beginning of fall and spring.
What is equinox?
200
A long period of time without rain or with very minimal rainfall.
What is a drought?
200
A group of needle leaf trees that are cone bearing.
What is a coniferous forest?
200
The line that separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere?
What is the prime meridian?
200
Long hot & humid summers
Location: east coast of continents
What is Humid Subtropical?
300
These are the longs days in the year. The beginning of summer and winter.
What is solstice?
300
Water Vapor
Cloud cover
Landforms and bodies of water
Elevation
Air movement
What are causes of weather?
300
Located in the tropical zone and is covered with a heavy concentration of broadleaf trees.
What is a rainforest?
300
Lines that run North and South and East and West that help determine exact location.
What are lines of latitude and longitude?
300
4 distinct seasons
Location: middle of continents
What is Humid Continental?
400
These are the points farthest north and south that the sun’s rays shine directly overheard at noon.
What is The Tropic of Cancer and The Tropic of Capricorn?
400
Storms that form over warm, tropical ocean waters.
What is a hurricane?
400
Tropical grasslands that are flat, grassy, mostly treeless and plain.
What is a savanna?
400
The number of continents in the world.
What is seven?
400
Climate varies with latitude and elevation
Location: Mountainous areas of the world.
What is highlands?
500
The term for weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time.
What is climate?
500
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time.