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final exam review 3
chapter 3 climate
Term | Definition |
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climate | usual predicable pattern or weather over a long period or time |
current | moving streams of water in the worlds oceans; affects climate |
drought | long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage |
high-latitude climate | cold climate lies 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 [like high up the mountains] |
tropical climate | warm year round extends from the equator to tropic cancer [23 1/2 degrees north] and from equator to the tropical Capricorn [23 1/2 degrees south] |
mid-latitude climate | |
prevailing wind | |
El Nino | |
La Nina | |
dry climate | |
typhoon | |
tropics | |
monsoon | |
weather | |
peninsula |