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chapter 14 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Climate | IS the long term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region |
Rain shadow | An area of low rainfall on the downwind slope of a mountain |
Specific Heat | Is the amount of thermal energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a material by 1C |
Microclimate | Is a localized climate that is different from the climate of the larger area surrounding it |
Ice ages | Are cold periods lasting from hundreds to millions of years ago when glaciers cover much of Earth |
Interglacials | The warm periods that occur during the ice age or between ice ages |
e Nino/Southern Oscillation | A combined ocean and atmospheric cycle that results in weak made winds across the pacific ocean |
Monsoon | Is a wind circulation pattern that changes direction with the seasons |
Drought | Is a period with below-average precipitation |
Global warming | The rise in Earth's average surface temperature during the past 100 years |
Greenhouse gases | Rises in the atmosphere that absorb Earth's outgoing infared radiation |
Deforestation | Is the large-scale cutting and or burning of forests |
Global climate model | Is a set of complex equations used to predict future climates |