| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Arctic | What climate is so cold that no vegetation grows there? |
| Orbit | What is the name of the oval shaped path that the earth follows around the sun? |
| Humid Continental | What is the name of the climate that we live in? |
| hemispheres | We divided the earth into halves called... |
| Latitude | Lines north and south of the equator are.... |
| Longitude | Lines east and west of the equator |
| Robinson Projection | What is the name of the most commonly used map projection today? |
| High Latitudes | Name the area of latitude found 60˚ N |
| High Latitudes | Name the area of latitude found at 60˚S |
| Tropic of Cancer | Name the line of parallel at 23 1/2 N |
| Tropic of Capricorn | Name the line of parallel at 23 1/2 S |
| North South East West | Name the Cardinal Directions |
| plants that grow naturally | What is vegetation? |
| the low latitudes | Name the area found in between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn? |
| Prime Meridian | Name the line that is 0˚ longitude |
| Equator | Name the lime that is 0˚ latitude |
| rotation | When the earth spins around once in 24 hours on its axis, it is called... |
| Wind, rain, and ice | Weathering is caused by 3 things, name them. |
| It is the overall weather pattern influenced by elevation, the higher the elevation the colder it gets. | What is a vertical climate? |
| a canopy | What are the upper most branches of a tree? |
| a complete orbit around the sun which takes 365 days (1 year) | Define: Revolution |
| an imaginary line around which a planet turns | Define: Axis |
| the degree of hotness or coldness of something | Define: temperature |
| A process by which water,wind, or ice wears away landforms and carries the material to another place. | Define: erosion |
| the multi-layered band of gases that surrounds the earth | Define: atmosphere |
| a region where temperatures are always cool or cold and only certain plants grow there | Define: tundra |
| The weather patterns in a place over a period of 20-30 years | Define: Climate |
| all the forms of water such as rain, sleet, hail, and snow that fall to the ground from the atmosphere | Define: precipitation |
| Climate with moderate to hot summers and cold winters; supporting grasslands and forests | Define: Humid Continental |
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