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water, climate, veg.
This study stack is for Chapter 2 which looks at the water cycle, climate zones.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Water that travels from the atmosphere, to the ground, to the oceans, and back to the atmosphere. | Water cycle |
| Water in the form of a gas. | Water vapor |
| Water changing from a liquid into a gas. | Evaporation |
| Changing water from a gas back into a liquid. | Condensation |
| Rain, snow, sleet, and hail. | Precipitation |
| Water that fills cracks and holes in the Earth's rock. | Groundwater |
| Under ground rivers. | Aquifers |
| Water in the four oceans. | Salt water |
| Unpredictable changes in the air over a short period of time. | Weather |
| Usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time. | Climate |
| Area around the Equator. | Tropics |
| Seasonal winds that blow over continents for months at a time. | Monsoons |
| Funnel-shaped windstorms. | Tornadoes |
| Violent tropical storms. | Hurricanes |
| Long periods of extreme dryness. | Drought |
| Patterns of wind caused by local landforms. | Local winds |
| Dry area on the side of a mountain. | Rain shawdow |
| Built up gases covering the Earth causing the temperature to rise. | Greenhouse effect |
| Forest with thick vegetation and heavy rains. | Rain forest |
| Hot, dry areas with grasslands and few trees. | Tropical Savannah |
| Cool summers, wet mild winters with deciduous trees. | Marine West Coast |
| Hot summers, mild rainy winters with short trees. | Mediterranean |
| Short hot summers, cold long winters with heavy snow at times. | Humid continental |
| Hot humid summers, short mild winters. | Humid Sub-Tropical |
| Severly cold snowly winters, summer temperatures not about freezing. | Sub-Arctic |
| Frozen deserts. | Tundra |
| Layers of soil that stay frozen all year. | permafrost |
| Areas frozen year round. | Ice caps |
| Areas with less than 10 inches of rain fall a year. | Desert |
| Partly dry grasslands on the edge of desserts. | Steppe |
| Line at which no vegetation will grow. | Timberline. |
| Side of a mountain that is lush, green, and recieves precipitation | windward side |
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