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General
100
Long-term average conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds in an area.
What is climate?
100
The best known warm water current
What is the Gulf Stream?
100
Scientist clasify climates according to two major factors
What are temperature and precipitation?
100
Gases in the atmosphere that trap solar energy
What are greenhouse gases ?
100
Tropical zone, Polar zones, Temperate zones (Hint: What causes these zones to have their properties?)
What are zones caused by Latitude?
200
A small area with climate condtions that differ from the areas around it.
What is microclimate?
200
Causes winds to curve
What is the Coriolis effect?
200
Rain forests are found in this climate
What is the Tropical-Rainy?
200
Gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere
What is global warming?
200
Dry climate, desert region term
What is arid?
300
Latitude, altitude, distance from large bodies of water, and ocean currents are factors that affect this.
What are factors that affect temperature?
300
Influences the climate of the land near the coast
What are ocean currents?
300
Arid and semiarid climates fall in this category
What is Dry?
300
Hypothosized to cause greenhouse gases to the atmosphere
What is human activities?
300
Semi-arid city in Washington
What is Spokane?
400
prevailing winds, the presence of mountains, and seasonal winds
What are factors that affect precipitation?
400
Milder climate region due to presence of ocean currents
What is temperate marine?
400
Marine west coast, Mediterranean, and humid subtropical
What is Temperate Marine Climates?
400
Chemicals produced by humans have been damaging
What is the Ozone layer?
400
The side of a mountain where rain and snow fall
What is windward?
500
Caused by the tilt of Earth's axis as Earth travels around the sun
What are the seasons?
500
Warm air coming over the land in the evening
What is a sea breeze?
500
Only found on continents in the Northern Hemisphere and include humid continental and subartic
What is Temperate Continental Climate?
500
A group of compounds that are a major cause of ozone depletion
What is Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFC's?
500
The dry land side of a mountain
What is leeward?