Chapture 3 Climete Enviroment And Resources

Question 1

Weather

Answer 1

The short changes in the air in a given place and time

Question 2

Climate

Answer 2

A region’s average weather conditions over a long period

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 water

Question 5

Front

Answer 5

The place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet

Question 6

Monsoons

Answer 6

Seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air

Question 7

Savannas

Answer 7

Areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs

Question 8

Steppes

Answer 8

Semidry grasslands or prairies

Question 9

Permafrost

Answer 9

Permanently frozen layers of soil.

Question 10

Environment

Answer 10

Surroundings

Question 11

Ecosystem

Answer 11

A group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and environment in which they live

Question 12

Habitat

Answer 12

The place where plat of animal lives

Question 13

Extinct

Answer 13

To die out

Question 14

Humus

Answer 14

Decked plant of animal matter

Question 15

Desertification

Answer 15

The spread of desertlike conditions.

Question 16

Natural resource

Answer 16

Any material in nature that people use and value

Question 17

Renewable resources

Answer 17

Resources that the earth replaces naturally

Question 18

Non renewable resources

Answer 18

Recourses that Cannot be replaced

Question 19

Deforestation

Answer 19

The clearing of trees

Question 20

Reformation

Answer 20

Planting trees to replace lost forestland

Question 21

Fossil fuels

Answer 21

Non renewable recourses that formed the remains of ancient plants and animals

Question 22

Hydroelectric power

Answer 22

The production of electricity from water power