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Climate Vocabulary

The document defines various climate-related vocabulary terms including climate, tropical, temperate, polar, climate zones, global winds, surface winds, Coriolis effect, jet stream, ocean currents, Gulf Stream, ocean convection cycle, density currents, El Niño, topography, local climate, albedo, urban heat island, microclimate, deforestation, ice age, climate change, and global warming. Key terms relate to different climate types, atmospheric and ocean circulation patterns, climate influencing factors, and climate change concepts.

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Climate Vocabulary

The document defines various climate-related vocabulary terms including climate, tropical, temperate, polar, climate zones, global winds, surface winds, Coriolis effect, jet stream, ocean currents, Gulf Stream, ocean convection cycle, density currents, El Niño, topography, local climate, albedo, urban heat island, microclimate, deforestation, ice age, climate change, and global warming. Key terms relate to different climate types, atmospheric and ocean circulation patterns, climate influencing factors, and climate change concepts.

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Climate Vocabulary

Word Definition Image

climate The weather conditions prevailing in an 


area in general or over a long period.

tropical Typical of, or peculiar to the tropics.

temperate Relating to or denoting a region or climate 


characterized by mild temperatures.

polar Relating to the North or South Pole.

climate zone Divisions of the Earth's climates

global winds The surface winds of each 


hemisphere

surface winds Winds affected by friction. 

Coriolis effect An effect whereby a mass moving in a 


rotating system.

jet stream A narrow variable band of very strong 


predominantly westerly air currents.

California California Current moves south along 


current the western coast of North America.

ocean current Ocean current is any more or less 


permanent.

surface current The water at the ocean surface.

Gulf Stream A warm ocean current of the northern 


Atlantic Ocean off eastern North 
America.

Ocean The action of wind on the surface of 


convection the water.
cycle

Density A turbidity current is a 


currents gravity-controlled density current.
El Nino An irregularly occurring and complex 
series of climatic changes affecting the 
equatorial Pacific region

topography The arrangement of the natural and 


artificial physical features of an area.

Local climate Particular zone can thus be 


considerably different of the general 
climate

albedo The proportion of the incident light or 


radiation that is reflected by a surface

Urban heat An urban heat island is an urban area or 


island metropolitan area.

microclimate The climate of a very small or restricted 


area.

deforestations The action of clearing a wide area of 


trees.

Ice age A glacial episode during a past geological 


period.

Climate change A change in global or regional climate 


patterns.

Global warming A gradual increase in the overall 


temperature of the earth's atmosphere 

Enhanced
greenhouse
effect

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