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45 Cards in this Set
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The difference between weather and climate
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weather is what it is like outside on a certain day and climate is what it is like outside on average
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What are the 4 naturally occuring influences on climate
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wind, sun, ocean currents, and landforms
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Wind
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Air that moves north, south, east, west, up, and down. Warm air rises and cold air falls.
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Monsoons
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seasonal winds that blow over continents for months at a time. Monsoons bring heavy rains to parts of Africa and Asia.
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Sun
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the original source of climate that gives off energy and light. Depending on where the suns rays hit is what the climate will be.
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Landforms
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Where landforms are passitioned water influences climate too. The higher the elevation the lower the temperature.
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Rain shadow
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when are moves over a mountain, land gets cold and dry which creates a rainshadow
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solstice
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date when the sun's path is furthest from the equator
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equinox
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when day and night is equal in length in both hemispheres
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photoperiod
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the number of hours of daylight in 24 hours
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weathering
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process that breaks surface rocks into boulders, gravel, sand, and soil
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erosion
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process of moving weathered material on the earth's surface
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greenhouse effects
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the consistently warm temperatures that the earth experiences because of gases trapped in the atmosphere
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climate change
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a change in long-term weather patterns
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global warming
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an average increase in the earth's temperature which in turn could cause permanenut changes in the climate.
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timberline
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elevation where trees grow
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what latitude is the tropical rainforest and tropical savanna
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Low-Latitude
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what latitude is the marine west coast, mediterranean, humid continental, humid sub-tropical
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Mid-Latitude
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what latitude is the sub-artic, tundra, and ice-cap in
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high latitude
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what latitude is the desert and steppe in
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dry
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characteristics of tropical rainforest
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rains usually everyday and hot year around
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country with tropical rainforest
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brazil
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characteristics of tropical savanna
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rain seasons, hot year around
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country with tropical savanna
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parts of south america
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characteristics of marine west coast
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lots of rain, beaches, cool all year, never gets very hot
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characteristics of med.
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warm all year
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country of med.
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italy
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characteristics of humid cont.
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cold winters, mild summers
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country of humid cont.
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canada
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characteristics of humid sub-tropic
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hot summers, mild winters
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country of humid sub-tropic
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southeast us
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characteristics of sub-artic
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lots of trees and people, cold year around
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country of sub-artic
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northern canada
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characteristics of tundra
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has some living plants
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country of tundra
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alaska
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characteristics of ice-cap
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no life, lots of ice, very cold all year
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country of ice-cap
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Antartica
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characteristics of desert
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very dry, less than 10 inches of rain per year
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country of desert
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mexico
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charactersitics of steppe
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10-20 inches of rainper year; usually found on edges of a desert
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country of desert
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western us
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What degree is mid-latitude
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23.5 to 60 degress south and north
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What degree is low-latitude
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0 degress
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What degree is high
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90 degree
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What are the 4 spheres
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Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, and biosphere
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