Chapter 4 Vocabulary Global Climates and Biomes
CH APES Mr. Frank
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1. Floods
2. Droughts
3. Famines
4. Climate
5. troposphere
6. stratosphere
7. mesosphere
8. thermosphere
9. exosphere
10. UV radiation
11. aurora borealis
12. aurora australis
13. magnetic forces at the poles
14. Albedo
15. atmospheric convection currents
16. saturation point
17. adiabatic cooling
18. adiabatic heating
19. latent heat release
20. Hadley cells
21. Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)
22. polar cells
23. Coriolis effect
24. westerlies
25. easterlies
26. gyres
27. upwelling
28. thermohaline circulation
29. heat transport
30. el nino-southern oscillation (ENSO)
31. La Nina
32. Rain shadows
33. Biomes
34. Tundra
35. permafrost
36. Boreal Forest
37. temperate rainforests
38. Temperate seasonal forests (temperate deciduous forests)
39. Woodland/shrubland
40. fynbos
41. chaparral
42. matorral
43. maquis
44. temperate grassland /cold desert
45. tall grass prairie
46. temperate deserts
47. pampas
48. steppes
49. Tropical rain forests
50. Tropical seasonal forests
51. savannas
52. subtropical deserts
53. littoral zone
54. limnetic zone
55. phytoplankton
56. profundal zone
57. benthic zone
58. swamps
59. marshes
60. salt marsh
61. mangrove swamps
62. intertidal zone
63. coral reefs
64. coral bleeching
65. photic zone
66. aphotic zone
67. chemosynthesis