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FinalExamReview3
Chapter3
Term | Definition |
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climate | usual predicatble pattern of weather over a long period of time |
current | moving streams of water in the world's oceans:affects climate |
drought | long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage |
hurrican | violent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rainfall |
high-latitude climate | cold climates lie from 60 degrees north to the north pole and from 60 degrees south to the south pole |
highland climate | cool or cold climate that varies with elevation |
tropical climate | warm year round extends from the equator to the tropic of cancer and from the equator to the tropic of capricorn |
mid-latitude climate | temperate climate extended from 231/2 degrees 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 tropical pattern |
El nino | caused by the combination of temperature wind and water formed when cold inds from the north are weak. |
la nina | eastern winds become strong and the opposite of el nino occurs-pacific ocean gets coolder |
dry climate | dry to partially dry areas little to no rain; tempuatures can range from very cold to very hot |
typhoone | name for a hurrican in asia |
tornado | funnel-shaped windstorm; sometimes forms during a thunder storm |
tropics | low latitude region between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn |
monsoon | seasonal wind that blows over a continent for a long period of time |
weather | unpredictable change in the air that take place in a short period of time |