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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MOMA | Minerals(usually from rocks), Organic material(dead animals and plants), Moisture, Air |
| Soil Profile | a cross section of soil dug from the top down |
| Layers | humus, top soil, subsoil, parent material |
| Leaching | rain washes needed minerals deep into the ground, wet climate |
| Calcification | minerals are forced upward by water(opposite of leaching), too many minerals can be poisonous to plants, dry climate |
| 3 vegetation regions | Tundra, Forest, Grassland |
| Transition Zones | the zone between two different areas of natural vegetation, the characteristics of one region gradually change, has both types of vegetation in it |
| Weather | the combination of temperature, precipitation, cloud cover and winds experienced daily |
| Climate | the weather conditions of a place averaged over a long period of time |
| Latitude | as you move away from the equator the temperatures becomes lower |
| Ocean Currents | temperature of an ocean current affects the temperature of the air that passes over it, Pacific Current is warm and warms the air above it, Labrador Current cold and cools the air above it, Gulf Stream Current is warm and warms the air above it |
| What is an air mass | a large volume of air that takes on the moisture and temperature conditions of the area where it formed |
| air mass characteristics | moisture, temperature |
| cT | continental tropical-dry and warm air |
| cP | continental polar-dry and cold air |
| cA | continental arctic-dry and very cold air |
| mT | maritime tropical-wet and warm air |
| mP | maritime polar-wet and cold air |
| mA | maritime arctic-wet and very cold air |
| how to find the temperature range | highest temperature minus the lowest temperature |
| what temperature range means | large range(higher than 25 degrees celsius)=Continental Climate small range(lower than 25 degrees celsius)=Maritime Climate |
| how to find the total annual precipitation | add monthly precipitation totals |
| what total annual precipitation means | lower than 1000mm=Continental Climate higher than 1000mm=Maritime Climate |
| how to find the seasonal distribution of precipitation | Winter-add precipitation totals for Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar Summer-add precipitation totals for Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept |
| what seasonal distribution of precipitation means | winter max=Maritime Climate summer max=Continental Climate |
| types of soils | Tundra soils, Wet Climate Soils, Dry-Climate Soils, Complex Soils of Mountain Areas |
| winds and air masses | Canada's weather systems move from west to east because of the JET STREAM |
| elevation(height) | as elevation increases the air temperature decreases, the higher you go the colder it gets |
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