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Science Vocab
By:Deann Lapointe
Climate
• The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in a area.
Tropical zone
• The area near the equator between about 23.5° north latitudes and 23.5° south latitudes.
Polar zone
• The area near both 90° north and 66.5° to 90 poles, from about 66.5° to °south latitude.
Temperate zone
The area near both poles, from about 66.5° to 90° north and 66.5° to 90°south latitude.
Maritime zone
• The climate of some coastal regions, with relatively warm winters and cool summers.
Continental climates
• The climate of the centers of continents, with cold winters and warm, hot summers.
Winward
The side of the mountain that faces the oncoming wind.
Leeward
• The downwind side of the mountains.
Microclimate
• The climate characteristics of a small, specific area that it may be different from the climate of the surrounding area.
Rain forest
• A forest in a tropical wet climate zone that gets plenty of rainfall all year.
Savanna
• A tropical grassland with scatter clumps of trees found in the tropical wet-dry climate zone close to the equator.
Desert
• A region that receives less than 25 cm of rain a year.
Steppe
• A prairie of grassland found in the semiarid climate region.
Humid subtropical
• A wet and warm area on the edge of the tropics.
Sub artic
• A climate zone that lies north of the humid continental climate zone, with short, cool summers and long cold winters.
Tundra
• A polar climate region found across northern Alaska, Canada and Russia with short cool summers and cold winters.
Permafrost
• Permantly frozen soil found in the tundra climate region.
Sunspots
• Dark, cooler regions on the surface of the sun.
Greenhouse gases
• Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat.
Global warming
• A gradual increase in the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere.
Chlorofluorocarbons
• Chlorine compounds formerly used in the air conditions refridge axators, and spray cans ; also called CFC’s