Geography Chapter 3

Climates are mainly shaped by altitude, precipitation, and _________.

What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere in the month of January?

By measuring the average day-to-day weather of a place over many years, you can describe the ____ of that place.

When two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content collide, one result of this air movement may be ______

Global movements, water, and sunlight shape different ___________ patterns from one region of the world to another.

_______________ affects smaller areas and have winds that can reach up to 200 miles per hour.

What moves heat and moisture between different parts of the Earth and may lead to cyclones, hurricanes, and tornadoes?

Infiltration is the part of the water cycle where rain droplets form in clouds and fall down to earth.

The height above sea level is called altitude.

Areas that share similar temperature and precipitation patterns are called __________.

The two main ways to describe both weather and climate are __________ and temperature.

By looking outside to decide what you will wear that day, you are checking the _____________________.

Tropical cyclones form over the Atlantic Ocean, near the coast of Africa, and make their way to North America.

__________ is heaviest near the equator, where air usually rises.

A ______________________ is type of tropical cyclone that forms over the Atlantic Ocean.

The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle is called the ______________.

The high latitudes, also known as the _________, get less direct sunlight.

What 2 vocabulary terms cause places in the world to have different weather patterns? 

The area of rising air near the equator is called the _______________________.