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18 Cards in this Set
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warming waters off the w. coast of sout america
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el nino
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warmer water being blown to the lands on the pacific rim
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la nina
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green house effect
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layer of gases released by the burning coal and petroleum traps solar energy causing high temperatures
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2 most significant factors of climate
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percipatation and temperature
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5 basic climate regions
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tropical,dry, mid-lattitude, hgih lattitude,and high lands
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climograph
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a graph that shows the average daily temperature and perciptation each year
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can the desert be cold
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yes. recive less than 10 percent each year and low humidity and cool at night
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dominat climate type along the climate
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desert
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dominate climate type along arctic circle
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tundra
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dominate physical feature of highland climate regions
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mountains
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taiga
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nearly continus belt of evergreen coniferous forest in N.hemisphere
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tundra
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flat treeless lands for a ring around the artic ocean
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permafrost
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permanently frozen ground
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ecosystem
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an independent community of plants and animals
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biomes
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forest,grasslands,deserts,and tundra
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plants in deserts
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adapt to tolerat dry/cold conditons
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3 types of forests
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deciduos,rainforest, coniferous
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worlds most mixed forest is in which major line of lattitude
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tropic of cancer
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