Vocabulary Ch. 5 Flashcards
Tropical zone
The area near the equator between about 23.5° north latitude and 23.5° south latitude.
Climate
The average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.
Polar zone
The areas near both poles from about 66.5° to 90° north and 66.5° to 90° south latitudes.
Temperature zone
The areas between the tropical and the polar zones.
Marine climates
The climate of some coastal regions, with relatively warm winters and cool summers.
Continental climates
The climate of the centers of continents, with cold winters and warm or hot summers.
Wind ward
The side of a mountain range that faces the oncoming wind.
Leeward
The side of a mountain range that faces away from the oncoming wind.
Monsoons
Sea or land breeze over a large region that changes direction with the seasons
Rain forest
Forest in which large amount of rain fall year around are common.
Savannas
Scatters clumps of trees that can survive the dry season stand in the coarse grasses.
Steppe
Is dry but get enough rainfall for short grasses and low bushes to grow.
Desert
A dry region that on average receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation per year.
Humid subtropical
A wet and warm climate found on the edges of the tropics.
Subarctic
A climate zone that lies north of the humid continental climates.
Tundra
An extremely cold, dry biome climate region characterized by short, cool summers and bitterly cold winters.
Permafrost
Permanently frozen soil found in the tundra biome climate region.
Ice,age
A period of glacial advanced.
Aerosols
Are solid particles or liquid drop in gas.
Sunspots
Relatively dark, cool regions on the surface of the sun.
Work
Any time you exert a force on an object that causes the object to move some distance.
Joule
In honer of James Prescott joule, a physicist who studied work in the mid-1800’s.
Power
Is the rate at which work is done.
Watt
Of power.
