Chapt. 2 WG final
Terms
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- temperate zones
- generally cooler & have a wide range of temps.
- deciduous
- dominant trees in the forests of the middle latitudes
- tundra
- regions where temps. are always cool or cold; only specialized plants can grow
- continental climate
- great central areas of continents in the Northern Hemisphere
- windward
- northern & eastern sides
- equinox
- changes in spring & fall
- weather
- the condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time
- leeward
- facing away from the winds
- 4 categories of vegetation
- forest, grassland, desert, & tundra
- tropical zones
- low latitude zones reaching 23 1/2 degrees N & S of the equator
- atmosphere
- multilayered band of gases, water vapor, & dust above the earth
- savanna
- huge tropical grasslands, that grow in the warm lands nearest the equator
- solstice
- changes in summer & winter
- revolution
- one complete orbit around the sun
- 3 types of precipitation
- frontal, orographic, &convectional
- permafrost
- layer of coil just below the surface, stays frozen permanetly
- rotation
- the earth spinning on its axis
- polar zones
- always cool or bitterly cold
- precipitation
- all forms of water that fall from the atmosphere onto the earth's surface
- coniferous
- northern forests; with cones that carry & protect their seeds
- rain shadow
- doesn't recieve much moisture
- climate
- term for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time