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Vocab!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bay | A part of a large land that extends into large parts of shoreline, generally smaller then a gulf. |
| Channel | Body of water wider then a striat between two pieces of land. |
| Climate | unusual, predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time. |
| Current | Moving streams of water in worlds oceans, whitch affect the climate of land areas. |
| Culture | A way of life of a group of peoplewho share similar brliefs and coustoms. |
| Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortage. |
| Dry climate | Hot weather |
| Elevation | High above sea leave. |
| El Nino | Eastern winds become strong and the opposite of El Nino occurs- Pacific Ocean gets colder. |
| Gulf | Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply intended then a bay. |
| Harbor | A Sheltered place alongthe shoreline where ships can anchor safely. |
| Island | A body of land smaller then the continent and surrounded by water. |
| landforms | Individual features of the land. |
| La Nina | Unusal weather in the Pacific Ocean that has oppsite affect then El Nino |
| Lake | A sizable inland body of water. |
| Mountain | A land with steep sides that rise sharply(1,000ft or more)from surrounding land; generally large and more rugged then a hill |
| Mountain range | A series of connected montains |
| Monsoon | Seasonal wind that blows over a continent for mounths at a time. |
| Mid-latitude | Clmates that are found in the southern and northern hemisphere. |
| Ocean | One four major bodies of salt water that is surrounded continents |
| Plateau | Flat land with higher elevation then a plain |
| Gluf | A large body of water enstead inlands inland; larger then a bay |
| Harbor | A shealter place along a shoreline where ships can anchor saftly |
| Hurrican | Violent tropical storms with high winds and heavey |
| Typhoon | Name os a hurricane in Asia |
| Tornado | Funnal-shaped windstrom; sometimes froms during thunderstorm |
| Tropics | low latitude region between the Tropic of cancer and the Tropic of Capricron |
| High-Ladtitude Climate | Cold climates lies from 60 degrees North to the North pole and from 60 degrees South to the South pole. |
| Highland Climate | Cool or cold climates that varies with the eleivation |
| Tropic Cilmate | Warm year round extends from the equator to the Tropic of Cance (23 1/2 degrees north) and from the equator to the Tropic of Capricron |
| Mid-ladtitude climate | Tempeter climate (think season) extentd from 23 1/2 north to 60 degrees north and from 23 1/2 degrees south to 60 degrees south |
| Prevailing wind | Movements of air that travle around the earthin a typical pattern. |
| Mountain range | A series or connected mountains |
| Monsoon | seasonal wind that blows over continent for a long period of time |
| Weather | Area of low land and low elevation |
| Peninsula | Unpredictable changes in the air that takes place on a short period of time |
| Plain | Body of land jutting out on to a lake or ocean srouned on 3 sides by water |
| Plateau | Flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,0000 ft high |
| Physical future | charateristics of a place-naturally occuring like ;landfroms,cilmate,resrouces |
| River | Large natrual stream of water that runs through land |
| Sea | Large part or partially or completely srounded by land |
| Strait | |
| Ocean | One of four majour bodies of salt water that suround the continent |
| Volcano | . |
| Vally | . |
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