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final exam reviewIII
Ch 3 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| climate | usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time |
| current | moving streams of water in the woods oceans ; larger than a bay |
| drought | long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage |
| hurrican | violent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rain fall |
| high-latitude 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 climate that varies with elevation (like high up in the mountains) |
| tropical climate | warm year round extends from the equator to the tropic of cancer (23 1/2 degrees north) and from the equator to the tropic of copricorn (23 1/2 degrees south) |
| mid-latitude climate | temperture climate (thinks season)extend from 231/2 degrees south to 60 degrees south |
| prevailing wind | movements of the air that travels around the earth in a typical pattern |
| el nino | caused by the combonation of the temperature wind and water |
| la nina | eastern winds become strong and the opposite of el nino occurs-pacific ocean gets cooler |
| dry climate | dry to partialy dry areas with little to no rain ; temperatures can range from very cold to very hot |
| typhoon | name for a hurricane in asia |
| tornado | funnel-shaped windstorm ; sometimes forms during a thunderstorm |
| tropics | low latitude region between the tropic of cancer and the ttropic of copricorn |
| monsoon | seasonal wind that blows over a continent for a long period of time |
| weather | unpredictable changges in the air that take place in a short period of time |