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Emily's Final Part:2
Unit 1 Chapter 2 and 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bay | Part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline |
| Channel | Wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
| Climate | Usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time |
| Current | Moving streams of water un the worlds oceans; affects climate |
| Drought | Long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage |
| Elevation | Height above sea level |
| Land form | Individual features of the land |
| Gulf | Part of a large body that extends inland; larger than a bay |
| Harbor | A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
| Hurricane | Violent tropical storm with heavy winds and heavy rainfall |
| Island | Land completely surrounded by water |
| Lake | A sizeable inland body of water |
| High-Latitude Climate | Cold climate lies from 60 degrees north to the North Pole and from 60 degrees soth to the South Pole |
| Highland Climate | Cool or cold climate that varies with elevation; high up in the moutains |
| Tropical Climate | Warm year round extends from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer and frim the equator to the Tropic of Capricorn |
| Mid-Latitude Climate | Temprate climate extends from 23 1/2 degrees north to 60 degrees north and from 23 1/2 south to 60 degrees south |
| Prevailing Wind | Movements of air that travels around the earth in a typical pattern |
| El Nino | Caused by the combination of tempature wind and water. Formed when cold winds from the north are weak. Pacific Ocean gets warmer. Occurs every 3 years. |
| La Nina | Eatern winds become strong and the opposite of El Nino occurs-Pacific Ocean gets cooler |
| Dry Climate | Dry to particially dry areas wuth little to no rain; tempatures can range from very cold to very hot |
| Typhoon | Name for a hurricane in Asia |
| Tornado | Funneled-shaped windstorm; sometimes forms during thunder storm |
| Moutain | Land with steep sides that rise sharply from surrounding land |
| Moutain Range | A series of connected mountains |
| Monsoon | Seasonal wind that blows over a continent for a long period of time |
| Weather | Unpredictable changes in the air that takes place in a short period of time |
| Peninsula | Body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean, and surrounded by three sides, by water |
| Plain | Area of low land at low elavation; covered with grass |
| Plateau | Flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-30,000 ft high |
| Physical Feature | Characteristics of a place-naturally occuring like landforms, climate, resources |
| River | Large natural stream of water that runs through land |
| Sea | Large body of water partically or completely surrounded by land |
| Strait | Narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water |
| Ocean | 1 of the 4 major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
| Volcano | Moutain created as a liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |
| Valley | Area of low land between hills and mountains |
| Tropics | Low latitude region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn |
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