FinalExamReview 3 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
climate | usal predicatble pattern of weather over a long period of time |
current | moving streams of water in the world oceans affected climate |
drought | long period of extream dryness and water shortage |
high-latitude climate | cold climate lies from 60 gegrees north to the north pole and form 60 degrees south to the south pole |
high climate | cool or cold climate that varies with eleavration (like high up in the mountaind) |
tropical climate | warm year round extandsd from the equater to the tropic of cancer (23-1/2 degrees north) and form the equator to the tropic of corpricorn (23-1/2 degrees south to 60 dergrees south |
mid-latitude climate | tempertaure climate (think season) extend from 231/2 degress south to 60 degress south |
prevailing wind | movements of air that travel around the earth in a typicL pattern |
El Nino | casued by the combination of the temperature wind and water formed when cold winds form the north arer weak. pacific oceans gets warmer. occurs every 3 years |
La Nina | Eastern winds become strong and the oppistie of El Nino occurs-Pacific Oceans gets colder |
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 hurrican in Asio |
tornado | funnel-shaped windstorm:sometimes forms during a thunderstorm |
tropics | low latitude region between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn |
mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply (1000 ft or more) from surronding land |
moutain range | a series of connected moutains |
monsoon | seasonal wind that blows over a continet for a long peroid of time |
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