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climate
| The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. |
weather
| the short-term weather of a general area |
greenhouse effect
| layer of gases released by burning things that are trapped and causes high temperatures |
effect of latitude
| It's colder the farther away from the equator, because the sun doesn't get to it as much. |
effect of altitude
| The higher the altitude, the colder it is, and the lower the altitude, the warmer it is |
effect of wind currents
| warms and cools the climate |
effect of ocean currents
| hot and cool water meet and affect not only the temp but also precipitation |
rain shadow
| The land on the leeward side of mountains that gets little rain fro the descending dry air. |
solstice
| When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon. |
equinox
| a time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator |
arctic circle
| marks the northernmost point, cold |
tropic of capricorn
| The line of latitude south of the equator that determines the sun's rays directly overhead at noon. |
precipitation
| Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. |
convection
| the transfer of heat |
tropical
| hot, and high precipitation |
dry climate
| It get's less than 10 inches of rain per year. |
mid-latitude climate
| This marks the most southerly latitude at which the sun can appear directly overhead at noon. |
high-latitude climate
| colder because of less gases holding in heat from the sun |
highland climate
| the higher you are the colder the temp |
tundra
| The flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean. |
permafrost
| A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year. |
ecosystem
| a system of interdependant organisms that share the same habitat |
biome
| a regional ecosystem |
rain forest
| It is always hot, with an average temperature of 80degrees. |
deciduous forest
| A tree or shrub that sheds its leaves annually. |
coniferous forest
| trees that bare cones and evergreen needle like or scale like leaves |
savanna
| a flat, grassy, mostly treeless plains; also called grassland |
steppe
| (aka prairie) temperate grasslands. |
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