| A | B |
|---|
| climate | average temperature and precipitation over many years |
| humid continental | our climate type |
| tundra | climate type with permanent ice and snow and low-lying vegetation |
| savanna | a parklike combination of grasslands and scattered trees |
| desert | a region with plants specially adapted to dry conditions |
| tropical | very hot climate, can be wet and dry |
| ice cap | no vegetation can grow in this cold region |
| tropical latitudes | areas between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; warm |
| high latitudes | areas north the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle; cold |
| mid-latitudes | the greates variety of climate is found in this region |
| precipitation | water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, hail |
| weather | the condition of the air and sky from day to day |
| Ring of Fire | a zone of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean |
| global warming | an increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere |
| greenhouse effect | trapping of the sun's heat by gasses in Earth's atmosphere |
| fossil fuels | coal, oil, natural gas |
| desertification | farmland becomes less productive because the land is degraded |
| sustainable | using natural resources in a way that they exist for future generations |
| emissions | substances discharged into the air |
| tectonic plate | large rigid section of Earth's crust that is in constant motion and can shape landforms |
| degraded | of lower quality |
| 24 | number of time zones |
| deforestation | cutting down trees and not planting new ones |
| opposite | Seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are ____. |
| latitude | affects climate because the closer to the equarter the warmer a place; the farther away the colder the place |
| Mountains | affect climate because the higher you go up it the colder it gets |
| Oceans and Wind Currents | affect climate by spreading the sun's heat around the globe |
| Bodies of Water | affects climate because they take longer to heat and cool than land |
