Gr. 7 Geo., Ch. 2

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What are the areas called where rain falls throughout the year, but is heaviest during hot & humid summers, & short & mild winters?

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Humid Subtropical Climate

Front 2

What are areas called where the climates during the winters are mild and rainy?

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Meditterranean Climate

Front 3

What are places called that experience rainy and mile winters along with cool summers?

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Marine West Coast Climate

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What is the top layer of the rainforest called?

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Canopy

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What are the circles called that go around the earth, east and west, that measure the distance North and South of the Equator?

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Latitude

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What are areas called that experience long, cold, snowy winters and short but possibly very hot summers?

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Humid Continental Climate

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What are trees that lose their leaves in the fall called?

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Deciduous

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What are the broad grasslands with few trees called?

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Savannas

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What are the lines that run vertically between the poles and measure the distances East and West from the Prime Meridian called?

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Longitude

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What are the partly dry grasslands that are found on the edges of a desert called?

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Steppes

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What are the permanently frozen lower layers of the soil called?

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Permafrost

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What are the areas along the Equator called that reach from 23 1/2 degrees North Latitude to 23 1/2 degrees South Latitude?

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Tropics

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What area is located in the high latitudes nearest the mid-latitude zones, where few people live due to severe cold temperatures?

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Subarctic Climate

Front 14

What are fungus-like plants and mosses that can live on rocks called?

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Lichens

Front 15

Wht are vast rolling plains that have no trees called?

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Tundra

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What are huge evergreen forests that grow in the subarctic region called?

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Taiga

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What is the elevation above which no trees can grow called?

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Timberline

Front 18

What perdent of the water on earth is fresh water?

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2%

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What is the process of collecting water in lakes and streams called?

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Collection

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What is the process of water being turned in to vapor by the sun called?

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Evaporation

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What is water in the form of gas called?

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Water Vapor

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What do all animals and plants need to survive?

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Water

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What is the water that falls back to earth called?

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Precipitation

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What is the water vaper in the air called?

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Humidity

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What is it called when water evaporates from the oceans and goes into the air, then falls to the ground and finally returns to the oceans?

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Water Cycle

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This is the amount of the earth's surface that is covered by water?

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70%

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Which ocean is the largest and the deepest?

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Pacific Ocean

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What is the water called that fills tiny cracks and holes in the rock layers below the earth's surface?

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Ground Water

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What are underground bodies of water and flowing water called?

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Aquifers

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What are giant sheets of ice called?

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Glaciers

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What is found at 23 1/2 degrees north latitude?

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Tropic of Cancer

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What are the usual, predictable patterns of weather in an area over a long period of time called?

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Climate

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What is found at zero degrees latitude?

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Equator

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What are unpredicatable changes in the air over a short period of time called?

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Weather

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What is the combination of temperature, wind, and water effects in the Pacific Ocean that cause heavy rains in some areas and droughts in other areas called?

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El Nino

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What are violent tropical storm systems that form off the Asian coasts called?

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Typhoons

Front 37

What are funnel-shaped windstorms that sometimes form during severe thunderstorms called?

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Tornadoes

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What are the tremendous seasonal winds that blow over continents for months at a time mainly in Asia and parts of Africa called?

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Monsoons

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What is found at 23 1/2 degrees South latitude?

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Tropic of Capricorn

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What are long periods of extreme dryness called?

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Drought

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What are violent tropical storm systems that form over the warm Atlantic Ocean in late summer and fall called?

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Hurricanes

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What develops when warm moist air systems meet cold air systems?

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Thunderstorms

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What is the movement of air called?

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Wind

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What are dense forests that are found along the equator and receive large amounts of rain called?

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Rain Forest

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What is the dry area on the side of the mountain that faces away form the wind called?

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Rain Shadow

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What flows into the Gulf of Mexico along the east coast of North America, then crosses the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe where it is called the North Atlantic current?

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Gulf Stream

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What are pattern of unusual weather in the Pacific Ocean that have the opposite effect of El Nino called?

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La Nina

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What is preventing the escape of the warm air that rises from the earth into the atmosphere?

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Greenhouse Effect

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What are the patterns of wind that are caused by landforms in a particular area called?

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Local Winds

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What are moving streams of water that carry warm or cool water through the world's oceans called?

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Currents

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What are the names of the four oceans?

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Arctic
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
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What are the five climates that are found in the world called?

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Tropical
Mid-Latitude
High Latitude
Dry
Highland

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What is the process of water vapor changing back into a liquid called?

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Condensation

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