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Vocab Chapter 1+2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bay | Part of a large body of water that exstends into a shoreline generally smaller than a gulf. |
| Channel | Wide straight or waterway between two landmasses that lie closer to eachother deep part of a river or other waterway |
| Climate | Is the usual predicatable pattern of weather in and area over a long period of time |
| Current | Carry warm or cool water through the world's ocean |
| Drought | A long period of extreme dryness |
| Elevation | Heigh land above sea level |
| El Nino | The name "El Nino" was coined by early Spanish explorers in the Pacific |
| Gulf | Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline generally smaller and more deeply indented than bay |
| Harbor | A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
| Hurricane | Violent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rains |
| High Lattitude | These climates are generally cold but some severely cold than others |
| Island | Land area smaller than a continent completely surrounded by water |
| Landforms | Individual features of the land |
| La Nina | Spanish for "girl" because the effects are the opposite of those in El Nino |
| Lake | A sizable inland body of water |
| Mountain | Land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill |
| Mountain Range | A series of connected mountains |
| Monsoon | Seaseonal wind that blows over a continent for months at a time |
| Mid-Latitude Climate | Temperate climate (think seasons) extend from 231]/2 degress north to 60 degress north and from 23 1/2 degress south to 60 degress south |
| Ocean | One of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
| Highland Climate | cool or cold climate that varies with elevation (like high up in the mountains) |
| Tropical Climate | Warm years round extends from the equtor to the Tropic of (23 1/2 degrees south) |
| Prevailing Wind | Movements of air that travel around the earth in a typical pattern |
| Dry Climate | Dry to partially dry areas with little to no rain; temperatures can range from very cold to very hot |
| Typhoon | Name of a turricane in Asia |
| Tornado | Funnel-shaped windstorm; sometimes forms during a thunderstorm |
| Tropics | Low lattitude region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic and the Tropic of Capricorn |
| Mountain | Land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000 ft or more) from surrounding land |
| Mountain 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 take place in a short period of time |
| Peninsula | Body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded on three sides by water |
| Plain | Area of low land at low elevation; covered with grass |
| Plateau | Flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,000 ft high |
| Physical Feature | Characteristics pf a place-naturally occurring like landforms, climate, recources |
| River | Large natural stream of water that runs through land |
| Sea | Large body of water partially or completely surrounded by land |
| Strait | Narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water |
| Valcano | Mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |
| Valley | Are of lowland between hills and mountains |
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