Chapter 14 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Climate | Long-term avarage weather condition that occur in a particular region |
| Rainshadow | An area of low rainfall on the downwind slope of a mountain |
| Specific heat | The amount of thermal energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a materialby 1 celsius |
| Microclimate | A localized climate that is different from the climate of the larger area surrounding it |
| Ice age | Cold periods of lasting from millions to hundreds of years when glaciels cover much of earth |
| Interglacial | The warm periods that occur during the ice age or between ice ages |
| Southern Oscillation | The combined ocean and atmospheric cycle that result in weakened trade winds across the pacific ocean |
| Moonson | A wind circulations pattern that changes direction with the seasons |
| Drought | A period with below-avarage precipitation |
| Global warming | The rise of earth´s avarage surface temperature during the past 100 years |
| Greenhouse gas | Gases in the atmosphere that absorb earth´s outgoing infrared radiation |
| Global climate model | A set of complex equations used to predict future changes |
| Deforestation | The large-scale cutting and or burning of forests |
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