Transcript Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Chapter 2 Vocabulary
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Use Chapter 2 and your notes to find the vocabulary word that matches the definition and image .
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Definition
Each of the two days in a
year on which day and
night are equal in length;
marks the beginning of
spring and autumn.
Either of the two times of
year when the sun’s rays
shine directly overhead at
noon at the farthest points
north or south, and marks
the beginning of summer
and winter.
Condition of the
atmosphere at a particular
location and time
Weather conditions at a
particular location over a
long period of time.
Falling water droplets in
the form of rain, sleet,
snow, or hail.
The land on the leeward
side of hills or mountains
that gets little rain from the
descending dry air.
Word
Storms that form over
warm, tropical ocean
waters.
A tropical storm, like a
hurricane , that occurs in
the western Pacific .
A powerful funnel-shaped
column of spiraling air.
A region in the United
States where violent
funnel clouds appear
frequently between May
and October.
A heavy snowstorm with
winds of more than 35
miles per hour and
reduced visibility.
A long period of time
without rain or with very
minimal rainfall.
When water spreads over
land not normally
covered with water.
The transfer of heat in the
atmosphere, by upward
motion of the air.
The layer of gases
released by the burning
of coal and petroleum
that traps solar energy,
causing global
temperatures to increase.
The flat, treeless lands
forming a ring around the
Arctic Ocean.
Permanently frozen
ground.
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Broadleaf trees, such as
maple, oak. birch, and
cottonwood.
Needleleaf trees that are
cone bearing air.
Flat, grassy, mostly
treeless plains found in
the tropical grassland
regions.
Temperate grasslands
found in the Northern
Hemisphere.
A tool used to show the
average daily temperature
and precipitation for each
month of the year for a
specific location,
The height in elevation
above which trees can
not grow.
Drought resistant shrubs
and small trees found in
the Mediterranean
climate.
Evergreen coniferous
forest across the
Northern Hemisphere –
Russian word for
“forest”.
Flat, grassy, treeless
plains that are found in
the Tropical Wet and Dry
climate region.
Visual Image
Definition
The supercontinent
that existed 250 million
years ago.
The name was first
used by Alfred Wegener
(originator of the
continental drift theory)
A fracture in the earth’s crust.
A sometimes violent
movement of the earth,
produced when tectonic
plates grind or slip past
each other at a fault.
A device that measures the
size of the waves created
by an earthquake.
Not in the Book!
The continuous circulation
of water between the
atmosphere, the oceans
and the earth.
The result of weathering
on matter, created by an
action of wind, water, ice,
or gravity.
Word
The chain of volcanoes
that line the Pacific Rim.
Eight tectonic plates
meet here.
A giant ocean wave,
caused by an underwater
earthquake or volcanic
eruption.
Mountain or rock created
as liquid rock and ash
erupt from inside the
Earth.
Magma that reaches the
surface.
Large, thick body of
slowly moving ice.