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Land/Climate 1
Unit 1 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bay | part of a large zbody of water that extends into the shoreline |
| channel | wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other |
| climate | usual predicatble pattern of weather over a long peroid of time |
| current | moving streams of water in the worlds oceans; affects climate |
| drought | long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| landform | individual features of the land |
| gulf | part of a large body of water that enstends inland; larger than a bay |
| harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
| hurricane | violent tropical storm with high 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 degress north to the North Pole and from the 60 degrees south from the South Pole |
| tropical climate | warm year round extends from the equator to the Tropic Cancer(23 1/2 degrees north) and from the equator to the Tropic Capricorn (23 1/2 degrees south) |
| mid latitude climate | temperate climate (think seasons) extend from 23 1/2 degrees north to 60 degrees north and from 23 1/2 degrees south from 60 degrees south |
| prevailing wind | movements of air that travel around the earth in a typical pattern |
| El Nino | caused by the combination of temperatue wind and water . Formed when cold winds from the north are weak. pacific ocean gets warmer occurs every 3 years |
| la nina | eastern winds become strong and the opposite of el nino occurs- pacific ocean gets cooler |
| dry climate | dry to partially dry areas with little to no rain |
| typhoon | name for hurricane in Asia |
| tornado | funnel-shaped windstorm; forms during a thunderstorm |
| tropics | low latitude region between the Tropic of Cnacer and the Tropic of Capricorn |
| mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply 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 |
| plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,000 ft high |
| physical feature | characteristics of a place-naturally occurring like landforms, climate, resources |
| river | large natural stream of water that runs through land |
| sea | large body of water partially or completley surrounded by land |
| strait | narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies iof water |
| ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surrounded the continents |
| volcano | mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |
| valley | area of lowland between hills and mountains |
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