Science CH 5

Question 1

Climate:

Answer 1

The average, year after year conditions of temperature, precipitation, wind and clouds in an area

Question 2

Tropical Zone:

Answer 2

The area near the equator

Question 3

Polar Zones:

Answer 3

Areas near both poles

Question 4

Temperate Zones:

Answer 4

The zone between tropical and polar

Question 5

Marine Climates:

Answer 5

Mild winters and cool summers

Question 6

Continental Climates:

Answer 6

Winters cold and summers warm or hot

Question 7

Windward:

Answer 7

Side of the mountain the wind hits

Question 8

Leeward:

Answer 8

Side of a mountain that’s downwind and a rain shadow

Question 9

Monsoons:

Answer 9

Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons

Question 10

Rain forests

Answer 10

Forests in which large amounts of rain fall year round

Question 11

Savanna’s

Answer 11

Scattered clumps of trees that can survive the dry season

Question 12

Steppe

Answer 12

A prairie or grassland

Question 13

Deserts

Answer 13

A dry region tht doesn’t get much precipitation

Question 14

Humid subtropical

Answer 14

Climates that are wet and warm

Question 15

Subarctic

Answer 15

Climate zone that lies north of the humid continental climates

Question 16

Tundra

Answer 16

Extremely cold region

Question 17

Permafrost

Answer 17

Permanently frozen soil found in the tundra

Question 18

Ice Age

Answer 18

A period of glacial advance

Question 19

Aerosols

Answer 19

Solid particles, or liquid drops in a gas

Question 20

Sunspots

Answer 20

Dark, cooler regions, on the surface of the sun

Question 21

Greenhouse gases

Answer 21

Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and oxygen

Question 22

Fossil Fuels

Answer 22

Energy rich substances formed from the remains of organisms

Question 23

Global Warming

Answer 23

Increase of temperature in Earths atmosphere