Question | Answer |
Climate | regions general pattern of atmospheric or weather conditions over a long time. |
Weather | areas precipitation, temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed, cloud cover, and other physical conditions. |
latitude | distance from equator |
elevation | height above sea level |
green house effect | natural warming effect of troposphere |
biomes | large terrestrial regions characterized by similar climate, soil, plants, and animals, regardless of where they are found in the world |
desert | an area where evaporation exceeds precipitation |
grasslands | occur mostly in the interiors of continents in areas too moist for deserts and too dry for forests |
savanna | type of tropical grassland |
Arctic tundra | treeless plains are biterly cold, have fridged winds, covered with ice and snow. |
permafrost | underground soil in which captured water stays frozen for more than @ consecutive years. |
forest | Contain various species of trees and smaller forms of vegetation |
savanna | type of tropical grassland |
tropical deserts | hot & dry |
temperate deserts | sparse vegitation with varrying heat index |
polar dessert | made of mostly snow and ice |
greenhouse gases | cause greenhouse effect |
Ocean Currents | Distribute heat and nutrients |
chaparral | borders most deserts |
coastal coniferous forests | found in scattered costal temperate areas |