Climate
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- Q1Distance north or south of the equatorlatitude30s
- Q2Elevation above sea levelaltitude30s
- Q3A climate zone near the equator (23.5 N - 23.5 S) characterized by warm temperatures.tropical zone30s
- Q4cold climate zone (66.5 N- 90 N & 66.5 S - 90 S) where the sun's rays strike Earth at a very low anglepolar zone30s
- Q5lie in the middle latitudes between the poles and the tropics, most of the worlds population lives in the temperate zonetemperate zone30s
- Q6The climate of some coastal regions, with relatively warm winters and cool summers.coastal climates30s
- Q7Climate of the centers of continents, with cold winters and warm/hot summersinland climates30s
- Q8Water in the ocean moving in giant streamsocean currents30s
- Q9The way Earth's rotation makes winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right and winds in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the left.Coriolis effect30s
- Q10ocean currents on the top of the water that are driven by windocean surface currents30s
- Q11movements of ocean water far below the surfacedeep ocean currents30s
- Q12a climate variation that takes place in the tropical Pacific about every three to seven years, for a duration of about one year.El Nino30s
- Q13A dry area on the downwind side of a mountain caused by clouds losing their moisture on the other side of the mountain.Rain Shadow30s
- Q14winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distancesGlobal Winds30s
- Q15Prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equatortrade winds30s