SS core #3 Flashcards
What is the condition of the air and sky at a certain time?
Weather
What is the average weather of a place over many years?
Climate
What is water that falls to the ground as rain, sleet, snow or hail?
Precipitation
What is a measure of how hot or cold the air is?
Temperature
What are the areas north of the arctic circle and south of the Antarctic circle?
Polar zones or high latitudes
What are the areas between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer?
Tropics or low latitudes
What are the areas between the high and low latitudes?
Temperate zones or middle latitudes?
What is the height above sea level?
Altitudes
What is the movement of water from earths surface into the atmosphere and back?
Water cycle
What is the process in which a liquid changes to gas?
Evaporation
What is the area of rising air near the equator?
Intertropical convergence zone
What is an intense r rain storm with strong winds that forms over oceans
Tropical cyclone
What is the cyclone that forms over the Atlantic ocean?
Hurricane
What is a swirling full wind that can reach 200 mph?
Tornado
What are climates that combine hot temperature and heavy rain all year around?
Tropical wet
What is a climate with a wet season in summer and a dry season in winter?
Tropical wet and dry
What are climates that have a year around precipitation with mild winners and hot summers?
Humid subtropical
What are climates that are wet year out with mild winners and cool summers?
Maritime
What are climates that have limited precipitation, cool summers, and very cold winners?
Subarctic
What are dry or very dry climates?
Semiarid
What climates have cool summers, and bitterly cold dry winters?
Tundra
What are trees that lose their leaves in the fall?
Deciduous trees
What are trees that produce cows dick hairy seeds they also have needles?
Coniferous trees
What is a park like landscape of grasslands with scattered trees that can survive dry spells?
Savana
