Topic 4: Climate

The average weather pattern of a place over a long time period

• Climate

• Polar

• Elevation

• Tropical

The measure of how high above the ground something is

• climate

• polar

• elevation

• latitude

The process where heat is trapped in Earth’s atmosphere

• greenhouse gas

• climate change

• greenhouse effect

• tropical

Parallel lines on a map that show how far away from the equator a place is

• temperate

• latitude

• arid

• elevation

Very dry

• Classify

• Tropical

• Climate

• Arid

The imaginary line that divides the Earth in half

• Equator

• Classify

• Tropical

• Greenhouse effect

A gas (like carbon dioxide) that makes the atmosphere able to hold more heat

• Climate change

• arid

• Greenhouse gas

• Equator

A climate that is warm all year

• Polar

• Temperate

• Tropical

• Elevation

A change in weather over a long time

• Temperate

• Climate change

• Classify

• Polar

A mild climate with different seasons

• Polar

• Tropical

• Arid

• Temperate