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geo final review pt2
unit 1 ch. 2 and 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| part of large body of water extends into shorline | bay |
| wide/straight waterway between two landmasses that lie close | channel |
| unual predictable pattern of weather over long period of time | climate |
| streamso of water in oceans; affects climate | current |
| long times of dryness and short water | drought |
| height above sea level | elevation |
| features of land | landform |
| piece of large body of water that extends land; lager than bays | gulf |
| place slong shoreline where ships anchor safely | harbor |
| violent tropical storm- high winds and heavy rainfall | hurricane |
| land surrounded by water | island |
| sizeablr inland body od water | lake |
| cold cimate- 60 degreese north , 60 degreese south | high-latitude climate |
| cool or cold cimate- varies with elevation | highland climate |
| warm year round-extends from equator to tropic of cancer | tropical climte |
| tempature climate (seaons) | mid-latitude climate |
| movements of air that travel around the earth in a pattern | prevailing wind |
| combination of tempature wind and water in pacific ocean-occurs every 3 years | el nino |
| winds become strong, opposite of el nino pacific gets colder | la nina |
| dry areas with little rain-temp gets very hot | dry climate |
| name for a hurricane in asia | typhoon |
| funnel-shaped windstorm; forms during thundner storms | tornado |
| low latitude region between the Tropic Of Cancer and the Tropic Of Capricorn | tropics |
| land with steep sides that rise sharply (1000 feet or more) from surrounding land | mountain |
| series of connected mountains | mountain range |
| seasonal wind that blow 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 |
| land going out into a lake/ ocean surrounded by 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 ft high | plateau |
| charactaristics of a place-naturally occuring like landforms, climate, resources | physical feature |
| large natural stream of water that runs through land | sea |
| narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water | strait |
| one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents | ocean |
| mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth | volcano |
| area of low land between hills and mountains | valley |
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