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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| formed when cold winds from the north are weak.Pacific Ocean gets warmer.Occurs every three weeks. | La Nina |
| dry to partically dry areas with little to no rain temetures can range to very cold to very hot | dry climate |
| name for a hurricane in asia | typhoon |
| funnel-shapped winstorm sometimes form in a thunderstorm. | tornado |
| low latitude region between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn | tropics |
| Land with steep sides that rise sharply 1,000 ft or more from surrounding land | mountain |
| a series of connected mountains | mountain range |
| seasonal wind that blows over a contienet for a long period of time | monsoon |
| unpredictable changes in the air that take place in a short period of time | weather |
| body of landing jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides by water | peninsula |
| area of lo land at elevation coverd with grass | plain |
| flat or rolliing at high elevation usually 300-3,0000 ft high | plateau |
| characteristics of a place naturally occuring like landforms, climate, resources | physical feature |
| large natural steam of water that runs though land | river |
| large body of water partially surrounded by land | sea |
| large body partially surrounded by land | straight |
| one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the contienets | ocean |
| moutain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth | volcano |
| area of lowland between hills and mountain | valley |
| a book of maps | atlas |
| high above sea level | elevation |
| geography | study of theearth (land and people) |
| latitude line 66 1/2 degrees North | Arctic Circle |
| latitude line 66 1/2 degrees south | Antartic Circle |
| merdarians(lines)that run North/South on map or a globe | longitude |
| map that shows specific info like climatebor population | thematic Map |
| measure distance on map | scale bar |
| north, South, East, West | Cardinal Dirctions |