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albedo
Ability of a surface to reflect light
altitude
Height above sea level
arid
Dry. A desert or other area with a rigid climate that has little percipitation
biome
Terrestrial regions inhabited by certain types of life, especially vegetation
broadleaf deciduous plants
plants such as oak and maple trees that survive drought and cold by shedding their leaves and becoming dormant
broadleaf evergreen plants
Plants that keep most of their broad leaves year-round
climate
Physical properties of the troposphere of an area based on analysis of its weather records over a long period (at least 30 years)
cold front
Leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air.
coniferous evergreen plants
cone-bearing plants (such as spruces, pines, and firs) that keep some of their narrow pointedleaves (needles) all year
coniferous trees
cone-bearing tres, mostly evergreens, that have needle-shaped or scale-like leaves (produce wood known commercially as softwood)
Currents
movements of surface water, driven by prevailing winds and earth's rotation
deciduous plants [trees]
trees, such as oaks and maples, and other plants that survive during dry or cold seasons by shedding their leaves
desert
Biome in which evaporation exceeds precipitation and the average amount of percipitation is less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) per year (little vegetation
evergreen plants
plants that keep some of their leaves or needles throughout the year
front
the boundary between two air masses with different temperatures and densitities
global climate change
broad term referring to long-term changes in any aspects of the earth’s climate, especially temp and precipitation
grassland
biome found in regions where enough annual average precipitation to support the growth of grass and small plants but not enough to support large stands of trees
greenhouse effect
Natural effect that releases heat in the atmosphere near the earth’s surface.
greenhouse gasses
gasses in the earth’s lower atmosphere (troposphere) that cause the greenhouse (carbon dioxide, ozone, methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons)
latitude
distance from the equator
natural greenhouse effect
the process by which energy from the sun is trapped in the form of heat by various types of gas
ocean currents
Mass movements of surface water produced by prevailing winds blowing over the oceans
praire
type of grassland
rain shadow effect
Low precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain when prevailing winds flow up and over a high mountain or range of high mountains, creating semiarid and arid conditions on the leeward side of a high mountain range.
succulent plants
Plants, such as desert cacti, that survive in dry climates by having no leaves, thus reducing the loss of scarce water through transpiration. They store water and use sunlight to produce the food they need in the thick, fleshy tissue of their green stems and branches.
upwelling
Movement of nutrient–rich bottom water to the ocean’s surface. It can occur far from shore but usually takes place along certain steep coastal areas where the warm surface layer of ocean water is pushed away from shore and replaced by cold, nutrient–rich bottom water.
warm front
Boundary between an advancing warm air mass and the cooler one it is replacing. Because warm air is less dense than cool air, an advancing warm front rises over a mass of cool air.
weather
Short–term changes in the temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloud cover, wind direction and speed, and other conditions in the troposphere at a given place and time.