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Final Exam II & III
Final Exam Review II & III
Term | Definition |
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part of a large body of water tha extends into the shorline | Bay |
wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other | Channel |
usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time | Climate |
moving streams of water in the world's oceans; affects climate | Current |
long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage | Drought |
height above sea level | Elevation |
individual features of land | Landform |
part of a large body of water that enstends inland; larger than a bay | Gulf |
a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely | Harbor |
violent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rainfall | Hurricane |
land completely surrounded by water | Island |
a sizeable inland body of water | Lake |
cold climate lies from 60 degrees north to the North Pole and 60 degrees south to the South Pole | High-Latitude Climate |
cool or cold climate that varies with elevation(like high up in the mountains) | Highland Climate |
warm year round extends from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer (23 1/2 degrees north) and from the equator to the Tropic of Capricorn | Tropical Climate |
temperature climate extend from 231/3 degrees south to 60 degrees south | Mid-Latitude Climate |
movements of air that travel around earth in a typical pattern | Prevailing Wind |
Caused by the combination of temperature wind and water formed when cold winds from the North are weak. Ocean gets warmer. Occurs Every 3 years | El Nino |
eastern winds become strong and the opposite of El Nino occurs Pacific Ocean gets cooler | La Nina |
dry to partially dry areas with little to no rain; temperatures can range from very cold to very hot | Dry Climate |
name for a hurricane in Asia | Typhoon |
funnel shaped windstorm; sometimes forms during a thunderstorm | Tornado |
low latitude region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn | Tropics |
land with steep sides that rise sharply from surrounding land | Mountain |
a series of connected mountains | Mountain Range |
seasonal winds that blows over a continent for a long period of time | Monsoon |
unpredictable changes in the air that takes place in a short period of time | Weather |
body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides of water | Peninsula |
area of low land at low elevation; covered with grass | Plain |
flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,000 feet high | Plateau |
characteristics of a place naturally occuring like landforms, climates, resources | Physical Features |