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APES chap 5
Vocab terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Climate | regions general pattern of atmospheric or weather conditions over a long time. |
| Weather | areas precipitation, temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed, cloud cover, and other physical conditions. |
| latitude | distance from equator |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| green house effect | natural warming effect of troposphere |
| biomes | large terrestrial regions characterized by similar climate, soil, plants, and animals, regardless of where they are found in the world |
| desert | an area where evaporation exceeds precipitation |
| grasslands | occur mostly in the interiors of continents in areas too moist for deserts and too dry for forests |
| savanna | type of tropical grassland |
| Arctic tundra | treeless plains are biterly cold, have fridged winds, covered with ice and snow. |
| permafrost | underground soil in which captured water stays frozen for more than @ consecutive years. |
| forest | Contain various species of trees and smaller forms of vegetation |
| savanna | type of tropical grassland |
| tropical deserts | hot & dry |
| temperate deserts | sparse vegitation with varrying heat index |
| polar dessert | made of mostly snow and ice |
| greenhouse gases | cause greenhouse effect |
| Ocean Currents | Distribute heat and nutrients |
| chaparral | borders most deserts |
| coastal coniferous forests | found in scattered costal temperate areas |