| A | B |
|---|
| climate | type of weather pattern over long periods of time |
| weather | condition of atmosphere: termperature, wind, air pressur |
| relative humidity | how much water vapor an air mass contains |
| desert | biome that averages less than 35 cm of rainfall per year |
| grasslands | climate regions with too little rainfall to support a forrest, found on every continent EXCEPT Antarctica |
| rainshadow deserts | dry air coming off the slopes of mountains |
| tropical rainforest | climate regions fouond near the equator that have a lot of rainfall and high biodiversity |
| deciduous | broad leafed tress that loser their leaves at the end of the growing season |
| tundra | coldest land biome that is located in high latitudes |
| taiga | larges land biome, know as boreal or coniferous forest, 40-100 cm of precipitation |
| biomes | major climate regions with particular plant and animal communities |
| savannas | type of grassland found in parts of the tropics where there is not enough rainfall per year to create a rainforest, 50-127 cm of precipitation |
| outbacks | grasslands found in Australia |
| temperate deciduous forest | found in middle latitude regions, with four distinct growing seasons: 75-150 cm of precipitation |
| rainforest | more than 200 cm of participation |
