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water, climate, veg.
This study stack is for Chapter 2 which looks at the water cycle, climate zones.
Question | Answer |
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Water that travels from the atmosphere, to the ground, to the oceans, and back to the atmosphere. | Water cycle |
Water in the form of a gas. | Water vapor |
Water changing from a liquid into a gas. | Evaporation |
Changing water from a gas back into a liquid. | Condensation |
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail. | Precipitation |
Water that fills cracks and holes in the Earth's rock. | Groundwater |
Under ground rivers. | Aquifers |
Water in the four oceans. | Salt water |
Unpredictable changes in the air over a short period of time. | Weather |
Usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time. | Climate |
Area around the Equator. | Tropics |
Seasonal winds that blow over continents for months at a time. | Monsoons |
Funnel-shaped windstorms. | Tornadoes |
Violent tropical storms. | Hurricanes |
Long periods of extreme dryness. | Drought |
Patterns of wind caused by local landforms. | Local winds |
Dry area on the side of a mountain. | Rain shawdow |
Built up gases covering the Earth causing the temperature to rise. | Greenhouse effect |
Forest with thick vegetation and heavy rains. | Rain forest |
Hot, dry areas with grasslands and few trees. | Tropical Savannah |
Cool summers, wet mild winters with deciduous trees. | Marine West Coast |
Hot summers, mild rainy winters with short trees. | Mediterranean |
Short hot summers, cold long winters with heavy snow at times. | Humid continental |
Hot humid summers, short mild winters. | Humid Sub-Tropical |
Severly cold snowly winters, summer temperatures not about freezing. | Sub-Arctic |
Frozen deserts. | Tundra |
Layers of soil that stay frozen all year. | permafrost |
Areas frozen year round. | Ice caps |
Areas with less than 10 inches of rain fall a year. | Desert |
Partly dry grasslands on the edge of desserts. | Steppe |
Line at which no vegetation will grow. | Timberline. |
Side of a mountain that is lush, green, and recieves precipitation | windward side |