A | B |
The angle of the earth's axis | 23.5 degrees |
Long days in this season | Summer |
As the earth does this the intensity of sunlight changes | Orbit around the Sun |
Energy from the sun is spread out in this season | Winter |
The factors that determine climate | temperature and precipitation and also plants |
Tropical wet | rainy all year warm climate rain forest |
Desert | Dry Climite with less than 25 cm of rain a year |
Parrie | Cool semi-arid Climate with short grasses |
Tropical wet/dry | Warm Climate with rainy and dry season grasses |
steppe | Semi-arid Climate with short grasses due to lack of rain |
Temperate Marine | Middle Latitude Climate with mild winters and cool summers |
Temperate Continental | Climate with hot summers and cold winters |
Polar | High Latitude climate with long cold winters and cool short summers |
Highlands | Cooler climate than surrounding area |
Tropical Rain forest | Dense vegetation lots of rain year round and warm |
Tundra | Higher latitude climate with permafrost, mosses, lichens and small wildflowers |
Permafrost | Ground never completely thaws during the summer |
Subarctic climate | temperate climate with short cool summer long bitter winter |