Vocabulary Ch. 5

Question 0

Tropical zone

Answer 0

The area near the equator between about 23.5° north latitude and 23.5° south latitude.

Question 1

Climate

Answer 1

The average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.

Question 2

Polar zone

Answer 2

The areas near both poles from about 66.5° to 90° north and 66.5° to 90° south latitudes.

Question 3

Temperature zone

Answer 3

The areas between the tropical and the polar zones.

Question 4

Marine climates

Answer 4

The climate of some coastal regions, with relatively warm winters and cool summers.

Question 5

Continental climates

Answer 5

The climate of the centers of continents, with cold winters and warm or hot summers.

Question 6

Wind ward

Answer 6

The side of a mountain range that faces the oncoming wind.

Question 7

Leeward

Answer 7

The side of a mountain range that faces away from the oncoming wind.

Question 8

Monsoons

Answer 8

Sea or land breeze over a large region that changes direction with the seasons

Question 9

Rain forest

Answer 9

Forest in which large amount of rain fall year around are common.

Question 10

Savannas

Answer 10

Scatters clumps of trees that can survive the dry season stand in the coarse grasses.

Question 11

Steppe

Answer 11

Is dry but get enough rainfall for short grasses and low bushes to grow.

Question 12

Desert

Answer 12

A dry region that on average receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation per year.

Question 13

Humid subtropical

Answer 13

A wet and warm climate found on the edges of the tropics.

Question 14

Subarctic

Answer 14

A climate zone that lies north of the humid continental climates.

Question 15

Tundra

Answer 15

An extremely cold, dry biome climate region characterized by short, cool summers and bitterly cold winters.

Question 16

Permafrost

Answer 16

Permanently frozen soil found in the tundra biome climate region.

Question 17

Ice,age

Answer 17

A period of glacial advanced.

Question 18

Aerosols

Answer 18

Are solid particles or liquid drop in gas.

Question 19

Sunspots

Answer 19

Relatively dark, cool regions on the surface of the sun.

Question 20

Work

Answer 20

Any time you exert a force on an object that causes the object to move some distance.

Question 21

Joule

Answer 21

In honer of James Prescott joule, a physicist who studied work in the mid-1800’s.

Question 22

Power

Answer 22

Is the rate at which work is done.

Question 23

Watt

Answer 23

Of power.

Question 24

Simple machines

Answer 24

Are devices that allow you to do work in an easier way.

Question 25

Input force

Answer 25

You exert your input force over the input distance.

Question 26

Output force

Answer 26

Over the output distance.

Question 27

Wedge

Answer 27

Is a devise that s thick at one end and tapers to a thin edge to the other end

Question 28

Screw

Answer 28

A simple machine that is an inclined plane wrapped around a central cylinder to form a spiral

Question 29

Lever

Answer 29

A simple machine that consists of a rigid bar that pivots about a fixed point.

Question 30

Fulcrum

Answer 30

The fixed point around which a lever pivots.