Climate
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- prevailing winds
- winds that blow mainly from one direction
- latitude
- the distance north or south from the equator'meausred in degrees
- tropical zone
- the warm zone located around the equator
- surface currents
- a streamlike movement of water that occurs at or near the surface of the ocean
- microclimate
- a small region with unique climatic characteristics
- temperate zone
- the climate zone between the Tropics and the polar zone
- greenhouse effect
- the natural heating process of a planet, such as the Earth, by which gases in the stmosphere trap thermal energy
- evergreens
- trees that keep their leaves year round
- polar zone
- the northmost and southermost climate zones
- global warming
- a rise in average global temperature
- deciduous
- describes trees that loose their leaves when the weather becomes cold
- elevation
- the height of an object above sea level; the height of surface landforms above sea level
- ice age
- a period during which ice collects in high latitudes and moves toward lower latitudes
- weather
- the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
- climate
- the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
- biome
- a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and the plants and animals that live there