Chapter 3

Question 1

Weather

Answer 1

Short term changes in the air for a given place or time

Question 2

Climate

Answer 2

A regions average weather conditions over a long period of time

Question 3

Prevailing winds

Answer 3

Winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of earth

Question 4

Ocean currents

Answer 4

Large streams of surface weather

Question 5

Front

Answer 5

The place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture

Question 6

Monsoons

Answer 6

Seasonal winds that begin either dry or moist air

Question 7

Savannas

Answer 7

Areas of tall grass and scared trees and scrubs

Question 8

Steppes

Answer 8

Semi dry grass lands or prairies

Question 9

Permafrost

Answer 9

Permatly frozen layers of soil

Question 10

Environment

Answer 10

Surroundings

Question 11

Ecosystem

Answer 11

Group of of plants and animals that depend on each other

Question 12

Habitat

Answer 12

The place where a plant or animal lives

Question 13

Extinct

Answer 13

To die out

Question 14

Humus

Answer 14

Decayed planet or animal matter

Question 15

Desertification

Answer 15

The spread of desert lake conditions

Question 16

Natural resources

Answer 16

Material in nature that people use and value

Question 17

Renewable resources

Answer 17

Earths replaces naturally

Question 18

Nonrewenable resource

Answer 18

Resources that cannot be replaced

Question 19

Deforestion

Answer 19

The clearing of trees

Question 20

Reforestion

Answer 20

Planting trees to replace forestland

Question 21

Fossil fuels

Answer 21

Resources that formed from remains of ancient plants and animals

Question 22

Hydroelectric power

Answer 22

The production of electricity from water power

Question 23

Vikings

Answer 23

were Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages

Question 24

Stockholm

Answer 24

Sweden’s capital and largest city, is located on the east coast near the Baltic Sea.

Question 25

Neutral

Answer 25

means that it has chosen not to take sides in an international conflict.

Question 26

Uninhabited

Answer 26

or not able to supporg human steelment

Question 27

Oslo

Answer 27

Norway’s capital, is the country’s leading seaport as well as its industrial center.

Question 28

Helsinki

Answer 28

which is located on the southern coast.

Question 29

Geysers

Answer 29

are springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air