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chapter 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| climate | is the long term average weather conditions that accur in particular regions |
| rain shadow | an area of low rain fall on the downwind slop of a mountain |
| specific heat | is the amount joules of thermal energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of materiel by 1 c |
| micro climate | is a socialized climate that is different from the climate of the larger area surrounding it |
| monsoon | is a wind circulation pattern that changes direction with the seasons |
| ice age | are cold periods lasting from hundreds to millions of years when glaciers covered much of earth |
| drought | is a period with below average precipitation |
| inter glacier | the warm period that occur during ice age or between ice ages |
| southern oscillation | the combine ocean and atmospheric cycle that results in weaken trait winds arcoss the pacific ocean |
| global warming | the rise in earths average surface temperature during the past 100 years |
| green house gas | gases in the atmosphere that absorb earths outgoing infrared radiation |
| deforestation | is the large scale cutting and or burning of forest |
| global climate model | GCM is a set of complex equations used to predict future climates |
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