climate and climate change
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- precipatation
- another factor of climate
- climate
- wind, humidity, and sunshine and all other parts of weather
- climate zone
- way of classifying climates in different regions
- seasons
- summer, spring, winter, fall (autumn)
- climate
- common weather of a place over a long time
- ocean currents
- effects climate by transferring energy to different places
- downside
- part of a mountain that gets less weather (goes down)
- upside
- part of a mountain that gets the weather (going up)
- microclimates
- smaller climate division within the subclimates
- climate zones
- humid tropical, dry, moist mid-latitude with mild winters, moist mid-latitudes with severe winters, polar, and highland
- marine climates
- climate effected by large bodies of water (florida)
- latitude
- measured in degrees
- urban heat island
- warmer body of air over a city
- precipatation
- determins plant growth, growing seasons and amount of water in a area.
- temperature
- one of the most important factors of climate
- continental climate
- climate effected by other land masses
- ice age
- period of time when earth was covered by large sheeets of ice
- changes of global warming
- sea levels, wildlife, agriculture, and human health
- el nino
- disturbance of wind patterns and ocean currents in the pacific ocean
- rain shadow
- dry area of land on the downside of a mountain
- ocean currents
- streams in the ocean that flow in regular patterns
- latitude
- distance north or south from the equator
- seasons
- periods of the year with specific weather conditions
- altitude
- height above sea level
- subclimates
- smaller climate divisions within the major climate zones