Question | Answer |
Bay | part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline,generally smaller than a gulf |
Channel | wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway |
Highland climate | cool or cold climate that varies with elevation (like high up in themountains) |
High-latitude climate | cold climate lies from 60 degrees north to the north pole and from 60 degrees south to the south pole |
tropical climate | warm year round extends from the equator to the tropic of cancer (23 1/2 degrees north) and the tropic of capricorn (23 1/2 degrees south) |
Midlatitude climate | temperate climate (think seasons) etend from 23 1/2 degress north to 60 degrees north and from 23 1/2 degrees south to 60 degrees south |
prevailing wind | movements of air that travel around the earth in a typical pattern |
El nino | caused by the combination of temperature wind and water formed when cold winds from the north are weak Paccific ocean gets warmer occurs every 3 years |
La Nina | Eastern winds become strong and the opposite of el nino occurs-Pacific Ocean gets cooler |
elevation | height of land above sea level |
gulf | part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay |
harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
lake | a sizable inland body of water |
Island | land area, smaller than a continent surrounded by water |
river | large natural stream of water that runs through the land |
ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
plateau | area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300 to 3000 feet high |
peninsula | body of land jutting intoa lake or ocean surrounded on three sides by water |
plains | aree of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses |
valley | area of low land between hills or mountains |
volcano | mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |
mountain | land with steep sides that rises sharply (100 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill |
mountain range | a series of connected mountains |
sea | large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land |
strait | narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water |
tropics | low-latitude region between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn |
typhoon | name for hurricane in asia |
hurricane | eviolent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rains |
tornado | funnel shaped windstorm that sometimes forms during a severe thunderstorm |
dry climate | drt or partially dry areas that recieve little or no rainfall |
climate | usual, predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time |
current | moving streams of water in the world's oceans which afgfect the climate of land areas |
drought | long period of extreme drness and water shortages |
landforms | individual features of land |
weather | unpredictable changes in the air that take place over a short period of tiem |
monsoon | seasonal wind that blows over a continent for moths at atime |
physical feature | characteristic of a place occuring naturally, suchg as a landform body of water climate pattern or resource |