Unit 2 Vocab

Mass Removal of Trees

• Logging

• Deforestation

• Desertification

• Irrigation

Which of the following defines climate?

• The typical weather patterns for an area in a day

• Thy typical weather patterns for an area over a short period of time

• The typical weather patterns for an area over a long period of time

• the typical weather for an area over an average month

Weather is

• The condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time

• The condition of the atmosphere in one place during a long period of time

• The condition of the hydrosphere in one place during a short period of time

• The condition of the hydrosphere in one place during a short period of time.

a dry biome on Earth that receives little rainfall, usually less than 10 inches per year

• Steppe

• Tropical Rainforest

• Tundra

• Desert

The process of moving the weathered material from one place to another. Erosion can be caused by water, wind, ice, thermal, or gravity. For example, broken pieces of rock can be carried away by rivers, glaciers, or wind.

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

Distance from the equator is a factor of climate

• Latitude

• Location

• Place

• Longitude

relating to the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle.

• Arctic

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Subarctic

is a forest of the cold, subarctic region. The subarctic is an area of the Northern Hemisphere that lies just south of the Arctic Circle. The taiga lies between the tundra to the north and temperate forests to the south. Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Siberia have taigas

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Subarctic

• Arctic

Tropical storms that form in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean

• Monsoons

• Typhoons

• Hurricanes

any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions. Most water, including drinking water, has a neutral pH that exists between 6.5 and 8.5, but acid rain has a pH level lower than this and ranges from 4–5 on average.

• Irrigation

• Weathering

• Acid Rain