TROPICAL
Tropical Climates: This climate zone is located closest to the _____.
equator
Desert Climate: This is Earth's ____ and ____ climate.
hottest, driest
Mediterranean Climate: This is a popular climate to _____.
vacation
Subarctic Climate: This climate is in the Northern Hemisphere and temperatures are ________ over half of the year.
below freezing
Highland Climates: This climate zone is unique because it contains ____________.
several climate zones.
Humid Tropical Zone: This climate zone gets a lot of _____. Each year it gets 70 to 450 inches of it!
rainfall
Desert Climate: Deserts receive less than ____ inches of rain per year.
Ten
Humid Subtropical Climate: In this climate, warm moist air flows from the ocean. Summers here are _____ and _____.
hot and muggy
Tundra Climate: This climate occurs in costal areas along the Arctic Ocean. Rainfall is light, and only plants such as _________ grow. It is even colder here than in the subarctic climate.
mosses, lichens, and small shrubs
Highland Climates: These are cool and cold climates in _____ areas.
mountain
Humid Tropical Climate: This climate deals with _____, which are seasonal winds that bring very dry or moist air.
Monsoons
Desert Climate: Only hardly plants an animals live here. Most plants grow far apart so they don't compete for water. Others store water inside of them, such as ____.
Cacti
Humid Subtropical Climate: This climate has a mix of forests. It includes both ______ tress and ______ trees.
deciduous, coniferous
Tundra Climate: In parts of the tundra, soil layers are permanently frozen all year. This is called ______.
permafrost
Highland Climates: As temperatures drop moving up the mountain, _______ life becomes less.
plant
Humid Tropical Climate: In this climate szone you can find the worlds largest ____________ in South America. Over 50,000 species of animals and plants.
Rain Forest
Steppe Climate: What is a steppe?
Semidry grasslands or prairies
Marine West Coast Climate: Temperatures are mild here year long. Parts of North America's ____ coast and western Europe have this climate.
Pacific
Ice Cap Climate: The harshest and coldest places to live are in the Ice Cap Climate that includes the ___ and ___ Poles.
North and South
Highland Climates: On tall mountains, ____ coats the summit year-round.
ice
Tropical Savanna Climate: Temperatures are hot in the summer. Savannas are ________________.
Areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs.
Steppe Climate: This climate typically boards _____, but receives slightly more rainfall allowing for short grasses and small plans to grow.
deserts
Humid Continental Climate: This climate has ___ seasons. We live in this climate zone!
distinct
Ice Cap Climate: It is too cold for the water here to even _______ into the atmosphere. The average precipitation is so low, this climate zone is technically a desert.
evaporate
Summary and Preview: Climates are identified based on ____, ______, and _____.
temperature, precipitation, and plant life