Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time?

The Earth rotates on its axis, making one complete rotation every __________ hours

In astronomy, the Earth's yearly trip around the sun, taking 365 days

One of two days in which the sun is directly above the Equator, making day and night equal in length?

One of two days in which the sun's rays strike directly on the Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn, marking the beginning of summer to winter?

Continuous daylight, a time when the sun is visible at midnight during the summer in either the Arctic or Antarctic Circle?

What % of the sun's radiation that reaches the Earth is converted into infrared radiation?

The capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat, thereby warming the Earth?

Which latitude zone is between 30 degrees south and 30 degrees north?

Which latitude zone includes the Earth's polar areas, which stretch from 60 degrees north and 90 degrees north and from 60 to 90 degrees south?

Which latitude zone is between 30 and 60 degrees north in the Northern Hemisphere and between 30 degrees south and 60 degrees south in the Southern Hemisphere? 

A cold or warm stream of seawater that flow in the oceans?

Wind in a region that blows in a fairly constant directional pattern?

The resulting deflection of prevailing winds caused by the Earth's rotation?

A frequently windless area near the Equator?

A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region?

Being in or facing the direction from which the wind is blowing?

Being in or facing the direction toward which the wind is blowing?

Result of a process by which dry areas develop on the leeward sides of mountain ranges?

Major type of ecological community defined primarily by distinctive plant and animal groups?

Plant life that grows in a certain area if people have not changed the natural environment?

______________ climates are found in or near low latitudes in areas otherwise referred to as the Tropics

____________ climates have pronounced dry and wet seasons with high year-round temperatures?

_____________ are usually located away from oceans or large bodies of water and therefore are less humid.

_____________ are extremely dry areas that receive about 10 inches of rainfall or less per year and support a very small amount of plant and animal life

________________ are characterized by short, mild winters, and nearly year-round rain

An inland grass area

Referring to vegetation having cones and needle-shaped leaves, including many evergreens, that keep their foilage throughout the winter

Falling off or shed seasonally or periodically, trees such as oak and maple, which lose their leaves in autumn

_________________ climates are mainly between the latitudes of about 30 degrees North and about 30 degrees South and 60 degrees South

Forest with both coniferous and deciduous trees?

________________ climate regions winters are bitterly cold, and summers are short and cool

Winter darkness and bitter cold last for months while summer has only limited warning