Climatic Regions Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• highland: high elevations at all latitudes.
• insolation: incoming solar radiation is the energy input for the climate system.
• air pressure: winds flow from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. (2 words)
• tropical rain forest: hot and humid (rainy all year). (3 words)
• tundra: refers to the characteristic vegetation of high latitudes and high elevations, where plant growth is restricted by cold temperatures and a short growing season.
• dry: permanent moisture deficits.
• climate: is a synthesis of weather phenomena at many scales from planetary to local in contrast to weather which is the condition of the atmosphere at any given time and place.
• steppe: is a regional term referring to the vast semiarid grassland biome of eastern europe and asia (the equivalent biome in north america is shortgrass prairie and in africa, the savanna.
• mesothermal: mid latitudes, mild winters
• mediterranean: dry-summer climate designation specifies that at least 70% of annual precipitation occurs during the winter months.
• air masses: vast bodies of homogeneous air form over oceanic and continental source regions taking on the characteristics of their source region. (2 words).
• tropical monsoon: hot and humid (6 to 12 months rainy). (2 words)
• micro thermal: mid latitudes and high latitudes, cold winters.
• itcz: a thermally caused low-pressure area that almost girdles earth with air converging and ascending all along its extent.