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What causes climate?
Causes of climates
Currents and Climate
Climate regions
Different Climate Regions
100
long term conditions of temperature
What is climate
100
hot in the summer and cold in the winter
What is a temperature zone
100
driven by wind and effect water of several hundred meters in depth
What are surface currents
100
regions that are tropical, rainy, dry, temperate, marine, or polar
What are climates
100
located on the edge of a desert
What is semi-arid
200
small area with climate conditions that is different from those around
What is microclimate
200
streams of water in oceans that move in regular patterns
What are ocean currents
200
currents go right in the _____ Hemisphere
What is Northern
200
scattered clumps of trees that can survive the dry season
What are savannas
200
marine climates, Mediterranean, and humid subtropical
What are temperatures
300
Area near the equator between 23.5 degrees north latitude and 23.5 degrees south latitude
What is a tropical zone
300
sea land breezes that change direction during seasons
What is a monsoon
300
_____ are mainly driven by wind
What is a current
300
amount of _____ less than the amount of water that can evaporate
What is precipitation
300
coldest climate and has ice caps
What is polar
400
66.5 degrees north and 66.5 degrees south latitudes
What is a polar zone
400
Winter in the Southern Hemisphere and summer in the _____ Hemisphere
What is Northern Hemisphere
400
amount of dissolved salt in a water sample
What is salinity
400
deserts that get less than 25 centimeters of rain per year
What is arid
400
climates found on the Northern Hemisphere and include a subarctic terrain
What is continental