1. What is the big deal with weather and climate?

2. Weather _________ changes in air that take place over a short time

3. Climate Usual, __________ pattern of weather in an area over a long time

4. Tropical area located in the tropics( 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south latitude) ______ all year

5. Tropical Savanna broad _________ with few trees

6. Marine West Coast mid-latitude coastal climate with mild, rainy _______ and ______ summers

7. Mediterranean mid-latitude coastal climate with mild, rainy ________ and hot, dry _______

8. Humid Continental inland mid-latitude climate with cold, snowy ________ and short, hot _______

9. Humid Subtropical rainy mid-latitude climate with hot, humid _______ and short, mild _______

10. Subarctic high _______ climate with bitter cold winters and near-freezing summers

11. Tundra vast treeless plain with ________ in the high latitudes

12. Steppe partly ____ grasslands and prairies surrounding many deserts Another large steppe area (prairie) is located in the central United States and western Canada. The High Plains steppe is the westernmost part of the Great Plains region, and the Channeled Scablands in Southern British Columbia and Washington State.prairieUnited StatesCanadaHigh PlainsGreat PlainsChanneled ScablandsBritish Columbia Washington State

13. Acid Rain rain containing high amounts of chemical ________ Branches from a tree in Germany’s Black Forest show needle loss and yellowed boughs caused by acid rain.

14. Deforestation widespread _______ of forests Slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest

15. Greenhouse Effect buildup of certain ______ in the atmosphere that, like a greenhouse, hold more of the sun’s warmth A schematic representation of the exchanges of energy between outer space, the Earth's atmosphere, and the Earth's surface. The ability of the atmosphere to capture and recycle energy emitted by the Earth surface is the defining characteristic of the greenhouse effect. outer spaceEarth's atmosphere

16. Rain Shadow _____ area on the inland side of coastal mountains The Atacama Desert in Chile lies in the rain shadow of the Andes.

17. Latitude location ______ or ______ of the Equator, measured by imaginary lines (parallels) that are numbered in degrees north or south

18. Longitude location ______ or ______ of the Prime Meridian, measured by imaginary lines( meridians) numbered in degrees east or west

19. Desert is a landscape that receives almost ____ precipitation

20. Icecap is a high latitude region of a planet that is covered with _____ Figure CS.39 South Pole Station, 1978. (Courtesy NOAA)