Climate And Vegetation
Is where you live.
Location
Using resources wisely so that future generations will have enough to meet their needs and wants.
Sustainable Development
A colorless, odorless gas that is part of air. It is a greenhouse gas that is produced from burning fossil fuels.
Carbon Dioxide
Elevation affects the temperature- Everest is at a higher elevation
Altitude
Imaginary lines on the Earth running parallel to the Equator, used in finding location and distance.
Latitude
A region that has similar landforms, vegetation, and wildlife.
Ecozone
The natural home of a plant or animal.
Habitat
Farming seafood in water. Includes raising fish, shellfish, and plants.
Aquaculture
Affects climate. Places near large bodies of water have milder climates.
Nearness to water
Trees that have cones.
Coniferous
When there are big differences in climate within a country.
Extremes in climate
A type of alcohol made from plants, such as corn or sugar cane, and used as fuel for cars or trucks
Ethanol
The direction of winds impact the climate in certain areas.
Direction Of Prevailing Winds
A theory that average temperatures around the globe are gradually rising. Caused by the greenhouse effect.
Global Warming
Resources that are replaced by nature.
Renewable Resources
Allowing plant materials (and sometimes meat) to decay and be recycled into soil.
Composting
(terrian, mountians, hills, uplands, etc) depending on the landforms the climate will change.
Landforms
Describes the conditions of an atmosphere at a particular time.
Weather
Clearing of most or all of the trees in a forest.
Deforestation
The amount of oil used known to exist in the environment, for use in the future.
Oil Reserves
Clouds prevent the suns energy to reach Earth, which also impacts climate.
Cloud Cover