Chapter 3 vocab and notes
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| show | weather
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| weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time | show 🗑
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| show | axis
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| show | temperature
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| show | revolution
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| show | equinox
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| show | solstice
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| show | prevailing wind
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| a frequently windless area near the Equator | show 🗑
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| cold or warm "river" of seawater that flows in the oceans, generally in a circular pattern | show 🗑
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| moisture that falls to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail | show 🗑
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| facing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing | show 🗑
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| show | leeward
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| show | rain shadow
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| show | natural vegetation
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| show | oasis
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| describing trees, usually broadleaved such as oak and maple, that lose their leaves in autumn | show 🗑
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| show | mixed forest
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| show | chaparral
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| show | prairie
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| permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground | show 🗑
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| Russian term for the vast subarctic forest, mainly evergreens, that begins where the tundra ends; also used for subarctic climate regions in general | show 🗑
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| elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow | show 🗑
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| show | hypothesis
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| irritating haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution sources | show 🗑
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| for every 1,000 feet above altitude you lose ____ degrees in temperature | show 🗑
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| ______ precipitation is when a rain shadow is formed | show 🗑
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| if an area receives less then ____ inches of rain a year it is considered a desert | show 🗑
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| show | coniferous forest
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| show | trade winds/ low latitudes
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| 30-60 degrees north or south of the equator are the | show 🗑
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| show | easterlies/ high latitudes
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| show | tropical, dry, mid-latitude, high-latitude, and highland
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| show | arctic circle
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| at the middle latitude north it is also called | show 🗑
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| at the low latitude 0 degrees is the | show 🗑
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| show | tropic of capricorn
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| show | antarctic circle
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| the earth is tilted at | show 🗑
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| show | the earth's revolution and tilt
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| show | seasons. winds, and ocean currents
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| season middle latitude | show 🗑
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| show | rainy and dry
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| seasonal changes are caused by the __________ | show 🗑
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| the earth near the ______ receives more sunlight than land near the poles | show 🗑
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| show | north star
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| show | rotates on its axis, and it revolves aroung the sun
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| show | 23 1/2 degrees north
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| the tropic of capricorn is located at | show 🗑
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| show | tropics
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| the middle latitudes go from 23 1/2 degrees to 66 1/2, have warm summers and cool winters and are called the _______ | show 🗑
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| show | polar regions
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| show | wind
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| a large area of air that has similar temperatures and moves together is called an _______ | show 🗑
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| show | rise,sink
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| show | coriolis effect
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| fast currents of wind that flow at high altitudes; they occur where cold polar air meets warm equatorial air | show 🗑
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| show | horse latitudes
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| hot air masses develop over the interior of continents in the summer, this hot arising air is call a ________ | show 🗑
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| when winter comes, patterns reverse and this cold heavy air is called a | show 🗑
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| 3 major factors that influence wind direction: | show 🗑
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| ______ is a slight increase in surface water temperature over a wide area region in the pacific | show 🗑
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| show | gyres
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| different states of water | show 🗑
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| when water absorbs enough heat, it changes into an invisible gas called water vapor, this process is called ________ | show 🗑
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| the process of water's change from a gas to a liquid is called _______ | show 🗑
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| show | humidity
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| show | precipitation
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| 4 types of precipitation | show 🗑
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| the __________ continually replenishes the soil, plants, lakes, and rivers | show 🗑
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| _____________ is like a slow-moving river under the ground | show 🗑
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| eventually ALL water returns to the _______ | show 🗑
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| rain or snow falls along the line where two air masses of different temperature meet, this line is called a _______ | show 🗑
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| show | convection
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| 4 moderate climates: | show 🗑
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| show | arid
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| _______ refers to land just above the tropics. It receives 50 inches of rainfall per year, and is where some of the richest farmland is located | show 🗑
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| show | marine west coast
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| a ______ is any large region where distinct populations of plants and animals are found living together | show 🗑
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| show | forest, grassland, and wastelands
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| in north america fertile grasslands are called _______ | show 🗑
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| show | tundra
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